You've decided on an idea for an essay you've been assigned to write. what should you do next?
a. conduct interviews, do some research, ask questions, and make a plan.
b. plunge right in and start writing. then create your plan based on what you've written.
c. look up your topic in the readers' guide and use an article you find as a basis for your plan and outline.
d. ask the reference librarian to you make a plan and prepare your outline.

the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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