Read this excerpt from the land. robert’s grandma on his mama’s side always hated the fact that my daddy allowed cassie and me to sit at his table and enjoy the life she felt was owed only to her daughter’s children. when the daughter died, her mother was there in my daddy’s house. of course, i was only a baby at the time, but later i grew to know her hatred. she had stayed on in my daddy’s house and took over running it. i remember she was always hard on my mama, and on cassie and me. when my daddy was away during mealtime, she would send cassie and me from the table. when that happened, robert always went with me, and she couldn’t make him come back. worse than that, she would sometimes say cruel things to us. “they’re like mites,” she said once. “you get them in your bed, and you don’t ever get rid of them.” what is the best way to summarize how the author uses theme in the excerpt?

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.

Boss: oh no! that’s the phone again! secretary: blank boss: . a. shall i take it? b. will you answer it? c. can you do me a favor? d. may i hang it up?

Select the dangling modifier in the paragraph. yesterday was a rough day. running for the bus, the rain began to pour. then, at guitar lessons, i had to play a song i hadn’t practiced. while walking home, i turned my ankle. my swollen ankle caused me to limp.