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
"He and Hillary had been friends since preschool, but they lived in different parts of
the state now."
What explicit idea is stated in this sentence? (23 points)
They are very close friends.

Simon is a boy and Hillary is a girl.

They have been friends for many years.

Simon and Hillary have been friends since preschool.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir