Your teacher has just assigned another essay on animals. The broad topic for this essay is the relationship between animals and people. Create and describe the research plan that you would use to narrow this topic and organize your research. Then describe how this plan will help you to gather information and write your essay.

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?