Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar. OCTAVIUS. Come, Antony, away!
Defiance, traitors, hurl we in your teeth.
If you dare fight to-day, come to the field.
If not, when you have stomachs.

What is the tone of this passage?

regretful wishing he had been a better leader
discouraged knowing that they will lose to Brutus and Cassius
scornful suggesting Brutus and Cassius are traitors and cowards
sad when rembering the daily struggles the Roman citizens must endure

scornful suggesting Brutus and Cassius are traitors and cowards

Explanation:

The tone of the above passage is a scornful one for it mocks Brutus and Cassius and challenges them to a fight. In this passage, Octavius considers Brutus and Cassius as traitors because they put Caesar to death. He challenges them to a fight and also believes that they will not win the fight since they are cowards running away from the city.

Antony a close friend of Caesar hopes to avenge his death and organizes his army to attack the army of Brutus and Cassius who have fled from the city.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.