Ann is reading a journal entry that was written by a young boy who gets bullied at his new school, but he writes that he gain self-confidence by joining a sports team and is proud that he learned to stand up for himself. WHAT IS THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE?

a-persuade
b-express emotions
c-inform

What does a comparison show? (5 points) a)how two things separate b)how two things are similar c)how two things conflict d)how two things are different

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 5, scene 5. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. which prediction about the plot does this passage most support? brutus will replace caesar. brutus will take his own life. brutus will surrender to his enemies. brutus will be forever haunted by caesar.

Which one of these lines use him to permitte which one of these lines uses iambic pentameter?