The assignment for this lesson is to write a two-paragraph analysis about which of two artists dante would have chosen to illustrate the inferno. you should have chosen two images of works by each artist as well as selections from the text as evidence to support your analysis. you should have created a draft of this assignment in the writing activity called "prepare an analysis." if you didn't complete that activity, you should go back and do so now. if you have already completed the draft, continue to the next page to start revising. volume_up this writing assignment focuses on the following skills: writing a clear and thorough overall analysis establishing clear claims writing good topic sentences choosing relevant evidence

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir