Spend a moment thinking of your favorite things to talk about, read about, or watch. Perhaps you’re a baseball fan and find the Mets to be a superior team. Perhaps you enjoy movies and believe all movies should be in 3-D. Make a list of five sentences that state a clear subject and a truth about that subject.

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.