The main purpose of paragraph 1 is to - I remember very clearly the first time that language demanded my undivided
attention. I was five, going about the business of putting the cat into the wagon to give
him another undesired ride, when I heard my grandmother react to someone else's
comments with the exclamation "Horsefeathers! I can't believe what I'm hearing!"
O present an example of figurative language.
O introduce an image of Pegasus to the selection.
O present the thesis statement of the selection.

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene v of romeo and juliet. friar laurence: these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness and in the taste confounds the appetite: 15 therefore love moderately; long love doth so; too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. friar laurence is motivated to offer this warning because he knows that something bad will certainly happen to the lovers. feels that romeo is acting foolishly and should not get married. enjoys giving advice because he is wise and can others. wants to caution romeo about the consequences of his actions.