Excerpt from "The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton
1- When every member of his domestic and
political systems moved smoothly in its
appointed course, his nature was bland and
genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch,
and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he
was blander and more genial still, for nothing
pleased him so much as to make the crooked
straight and crush down uneven places.
Which literary device(s) would
be best to include as the topic
of this excerpt from "The Lady
or the Tiger"?
A. The device of metaphor, which occurs
throughout the text, and supports the
theme.
B. The device of alliteration, which occurs
twice throughout the text, and supports the
theme.
C. The device of personification, which
occurs once in the text and does not support
the theme.

My friends asked me, “are you not coming for the party? "change into passive voice

Which verb or verb phrase signals an inappropriate shift in mood. a) will you let b) should first change c) must attend d) will be served

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.