Read the two passages.
Which sentence best synthesizes ideas from both
passages?
Passage 1
There are many benefits to choosing to walk or ride a
bicycle. Cars put gases that are bad for the environment
into the atmosphere. These gases can add to global
warming and the greenhouse effect. They can also pollute
the air, making it harder for people to breathe.
Passage 2
choosing a bicycle for transportation is very beneficial.
Riding a bike strengthens the heart. It lowers blood
pressure and increases energy, Riding a bike also builds
muscle. Unlike sitting in a car, riding a bicycle gets your
body moving and can even improve your mood.
1.) Driving a car is bad for the environment and air.
2.) Riding a bicycle is one way to stay healthy and fit.
3.)Everyone should choose to ride a bicycle to work or
school.
4.) Riding a bicycle is good for the environment and your
health.

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. the shift in the poem’s rhythm in the last stanza signifies a resolution to the conflict that the poem is a sonnet the speaker’s confusion an irregular rhyme scheme

Choose the types of characters an author may choose to create

What do the sketches of 9/11 victims in "portraits of grief" achieve?