Which of the following questions should you ask in order to understand an author's diction?
1) are sentences written using correct and commonly accepted grammar and spelling?
2) do the words have positive, neutral, or negative feelings and ideas associated with them?
3) how does the author support his or her position in each paragraph of the argument?
4) why does the author include these specific statistics, facts, graphs, and images?

the following key ideas correctly express the key sentence.

restate key idea: most people can learn to swim in ten short lessons.

restate key idea: the majority of water-accident victims require mouth-to-mouth breathing.

restate key idea: an empty, tightly closed gallon jug will support a tired swimmer.  

restate key idea: first aid is to prevent accidents as well as assist in rescue.

explanation: the key idea needs to have the same topic as the key sentence (drowning and safety).

it would be d because the however is more proper and the comma is placed in the right spot

easy - boys have problems.

i hope this ! (:

on apex:

removing american indians from the south is for their own good.