(b) Which sentence from the text best supports this central idea? A "After four failed attempts by Nyad, many people were skeptical of her ability to swim across the Straits of Florida." "She also had sharks circling beneath her and was thrown off B course by a storm that passed over while she swam." "To prevent jellyfish from stinging c) her, for example, Nyad wore a special mask and surgical gloves." D "Nonetheless, after 53 long hours of swimming, the 64-year-old Nyad emerged from the water in Florida, successful at last."

Select all that apply. because the length of his story is limited, short story writers typically:

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." again rainsford lifted the heavy knocker, and let it fall. the door opened then, opened as suddenly as if it were on a spring, and rainsford stood blinking in the river of glaring gold light that poured out. the first thing rainsford's eyes discerned was the largest man rainsford had ever seen—a gigantic creature, solidly made and black bearded to the waist. in his hand the man held a long-barreled revolver, and he was pointing it straight at rainsford's heart. the details of this excerpt show that rainsford sees ivan as a(n) individual.

What functions as a reflexive pronoun in the sentence the professor herself wanted to attend the conference, but it was cancelled when she and several other presenters had to excuse themselves