What background knowledge would best add to a reader's understanding of the excerpt?
A. an explanation of what behaviors make up bullying
B. a statement by the students' teacher on how things have
improved
C. a comment by Jaylen on how his classmates have
changed
D. a determination of which classmate was more affected

answer: yes

explanation: he's doug dimmadome, owner of the dimsdale dimmadome

yea and yea x.x i love them =^-^=

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).

b. the poet identifies with private people.

    in the stanza, dickinson states she doesn't wish to seek fame and recognition from the public eye. nor is she afraid of authority figures, and you can definitely tell she isn't hiding something. more as she identifies with private people, who are not known by the community