Read this excerpt from "are dogs dumb? " by
karen hopkin
what is the author's viewpoint in this excerpt?
she is curious about which animal
is the smartest.
she believes the readers think too
highly of themselves.
chimps can use sign language to talk to their
trainers. monkeys can learn to count. a crow
can figure out how to us a stick to get at that
hard-to-reach grub. chickens can learn to play
checkers. even worms can be taught to run
mazes. so which animal is the smartest?
you're probably thinking that chimps are
smarter than chickens. and that crows are
smarter than worms. and that you're smarter
than all of them.
she thinks that animals are
smarter than humans.
she thinks that humans are
smarter than animals.
next
i will give !

A. She thinks that animals are  smarter than humans. Hope i helped!

I took the test and you can find out by looking at the paragraph

A. She thinks that animals are  smarter than humans.

Explanation: there now u can give the other guy brainliest ;)

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.