Experts believe that the first dogs were probably wolves that were domesticated in order to hunters kill their prey. wolves were fast and fierce, and for a human being, partnership with a wolf must have been like acquiring a new weapon. wolves also benefited from a relationship with humans by being able to count on their next meal. that said, early domesticated dogs were not quite the same as wolves, because humans bred them to have smaller jaws and teeth. when early humans first began breeding their dogs, it is likely that they selected particular puppies from each litter based on their coat, their bark, their temperament, or their size. at some point, people began to use dogs to herd their other animals, and also as guards at night. people learned how to breed their animals for certain characteristics, and in this way, human beings have changed their animal companions over many, many centuries. main idea: main idea: key detail: key detail: how it supports main idea: how it supports main idea: key detail: key detail: how it supports main idea: how it supports main idea:

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

This statement descri swift wrote gulliver’s travels so he could humorously criticize the government. this statement describes swift’s

Who calls tyler into his office to fire him his job