Which BEST describes the technique used to develop the author’s purpose? A) The author uses logic and provides examples to persuade readers to make healthy choices for active living as they age. B) The author appeals to the readers' respect for authority and expertise by providing multiple claims quoted by professionals with impressive credentials. C) The author uses word choices that evoke fear and a sense of uneasiness to warn readers of the dangers of ignoring the advice to choose a healthy lifestyle. D) The author appeals to the lighthearted nature of the readers by presenting the somewhat silly and whimsical side of fitness and health through humorous anecdotes.

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 rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

In julius caesar did portia use effective strategies when she tried to persuade brutus to tell her the truth?

Central ideas are the most ideas in a text.