- What is the first thing that one should do when writing an expository text? a. Start out with a question or problem to solve on a graphic organizer.
b. Start an internet search by using the topic name and visiting credible websites.
c. Start listing articles, and other sources on a bibliography or works cited page.
d. Take notes from sources and internet websites and organize the research.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt

Which two parts of this excerpt from authur conan doyle's " the contest " show policies lack of knowledge about the rules and restrictions of his society

In the poem i felt a funeral, in my brain what rhyme scheme does the poet use and how does it contribute to the poem?