Read the passages from the article "Kids Save the Day-'Heroes' Deemed by Coast Guard!" Then answer the question about implicit and explicit ideas.
"Wow. What is that?" Simon Brimm remembers calling out to his long-time friend, Hillary Green.
He and Hillary had been friends since preschool, but they lived in different parts of the state now.
They hadn't seen each other all summer. Simon, Hillary, and their families were taking a vacation
together before middle school started next week. Zavier Gonzales and his cousins were also
vacationing at the seaside that weekend. The wind had picked up and the seas were quite rough as
swimmers, water boarders, and surfers struggled to stay afloat. Separated from his family, and
adrift on a small raft, it was Xavier that Simon saw bobbing along on the horizon.
Separated from his family, and adrift on a small raft, it was Xavier that Simon saw bobbing along on the
horizon.
What implicit idea is suggested by the author's use of "adrift"? (5 points)
Xavier was not on a water board, so he could not stay afloat.
Xavier did not have control of the raft.
The rest of Xavier's family were also bobbing on the waves.
The calm seas made drifting pleasurable.

Read the passage. (1) since prehistoric times, milk has been a vital source of nutrition for human beings. (2) some doctors and nutritionists believe that consuming milk can be detrimental to our health. (3) milk is one of the most nutrient-dense beverages we can consume and it should be an essential part of a healthy diet. (4) drinking just one 8-ounce glass of milk per day puts you well on your way to meeting recommended daily intakes for important nutrients. which transition would be best to use at the beginning of sentence 2? finally additionally however specifically

Simple subject mary will start the race in ten minutes

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings