Read the excerpt from act iii, scene iii of romeo and juliet. romeo: ha! banishment! be merciful, say ‘death; ’ for exile hath more terror in his look, much more than death: do not say ‘banishment.’ which is the best paraphrase of this dialogue? death is more frightening than banishment. banishment is a worse punishment than death. death and banishment are deserved punishments. banishment is equal to the pain of death.

Banishment is a worse punishment than death. He's saying being exiled scares him more than being killed, and that death would be "merciful" compared to banishment.

Banishment is a worse punishment than death.

Explanation:

Romeo in this exceprt is talking to his dad about the punishment that the prince of Verona has given him, he was bannished form Verona and since Verona is where Juliet is, he feels banishment as worse as death because he won´t be able to see her.

one reason summer auggie is because she is kind, and the whole "boy war" between jack will and julian was probaly thinking her to be on auggies sode and if you read auggie and me,   she was nice to auggie because julian was mean and auggie needed some freinds. hope this

the purpose of a nonfiction text is to give the text a rap up. for example, when i say : frogs are interesting animals is an ending. then when i say: frogs are unique in different ways. that is an intro.