Select the correct answers. Swimming coach Yuki has prepared a presentation to encourage more people to swim for exercise. Here is her thesis statement: Swimming provides a better workout than walking. Which three ideas can she use to support her thesis? Swimming offers a full-body workout because it uses a wide variety of muscles. Swimming is not a weight-bearing exercise, so even people with weaker joints can do it. Swimming makes people more flexible, but it does not improve bone strength. Swimming tones and strengthens the muscles because the body must push against the water. Swimming is great exercise, but not everyone has access to a pool.

Read the following excerpt from the way to rainy mountain by n. scott momaday: the young plains culture of the kiowas withered and died like grass that is burned in the prairie wind. there came a day like destiny; in every direction, as far as the eye could see, carrion (animal carcasses) lay out in the land. the buffalo was the animal representation of the sun, the essential and sacrificial victim of the sun dance. when the wild herds were destroyed, so too was the will of the kiowa people. which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone? a. day like destiny b. lay out in the land c. far as the eye could see d. withered and died like grass