Based on the following passage from John Ralston’s story, what can we infer? Eventually, John read about a California-based recovery group called LifeRing. There were no LifeRing meetings in his area of Pennsylvania, so he began to attend “virtual” meetings online and learn all he could about the organization. LifeRing was completely secular, not religious. In contrast to AA’s motto, “One day at a time,” LifeRing’s is, “Don’t drink, no matter what.” That approach appealed to John. “For me, someone who finally wanted to live my life and make plans, I liked the idea that I could look ahead a month, a year, and assume that I’d be sober then,” he said. “And I couldn’t make God my way to be sober.” Question 9 options: there are differences among recovery programs, and no single program is right for everyone. John is planning to move to California. all the people who attend AA meetings should instead go to LifeRing meetings. attending “virtual” meetings via the Internet was not helpful to Joh

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 imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before

Why might a reader look for an idea that is restated? to craft a summary of the article to find the subheadings in the article to identify the article's main idea to locate the article's key support