Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of julius caesar.

caesar. i must prevent thee, cimber.
these couchings and these lowly courtesies
might fire the blood of ordinary men,
and turn preordinance and first decree
into the law of children. be not fond
to think that caesar bears such rebel blood
that will be thawed from the true quality
with that which melteth fools: i mean sweet words,
low-crookèd courtesies, and base spaniel fawning.
thy brother by decree is banished.
if thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him,
i spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
know caesar doth not wrong but with just cause,
nor without cause will he be satisfied.

what is the central idea of this excerpt?

caesar will not reverse the exile of cimber’s brother in response to begging and flattery

caesar tells cimber to leave the senate for pleading to release his brother.

caesar will free cimber’s brother if cimber provides caesar with good reasons to do so.

caesar will not tolerate being treated like a dog for exiling cimber’s brother.

Caesar will not reverse the exile of Cimber’s brother in response to begging and flattery.

In the passage, Caesar tells Cimber to stop. He says that the begging and flattery might work on others to change the sentence handed down, but they are not going to work on him. He repeats the verdict, saying that his brother is banished. Caesar then tells Cimber if he's going to continue his begging and flattery that he will send him away.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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