“ TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND”
1. Consider the structural similarities of the first 3 lines.
What do these similarities contribute to the piece?
O A The repetition of "If ever... then..." emphasizes the
narrator's stern tone, as the speaker tries to get her
argument across.
O B The repetition of "If ever... then..." creates a
humorous and light tone, as the narrator flirts with
an unknown acquaintance.
OC The repetition of "If ever... then..." creates a serious
and solemn tone, as the narrator confesses to her
emotional confusion.
O D The repetition of "If ever... then..." emphasizes the
narrator's message of love as a commitment, similar
to the repetition found in wedding vows.
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What does the simile add to the passage

Which of the following arguments uses a non sequitur fallacy? a. if we allow students to wear caps to school, soon we'll have to let them wear gang colors. b. you should vote for sylvia for class president because everyone else on the squad is voting for her. c. regulations on motorists should be lifted because factories are a bigger source of pollution. d. the gray wolves of winter falls park should be protected because they need our support.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.