DIRECTIONS: Read the following sentence from Abraham Lincoln's The Gettysburg Address, then answer the questions about tone that follow.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived
in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

1) What tone is evoked by Lincoln's use of "fathers" to describe the founders of America?

2) What tone is evoked by Lincoln's phrasing on this continent, a new nation" as opposed
to simply saying "created the United States?"

3) What tone is evoked by Lincoln using phrases such as "liberty" and “the proposition
that all men are created equal" to describe the war's purpose, instead of focusing on more
earthly topics such as whether a state was legally allowed to leave the union?

Which of the following sentences uses dashes correctly? a. i looked under the bed - get this - and there it was! b. i need - a lot of - colors for this painting. c. i can't believe my own - brother! - is now a mayor. d. tom and i - are planning - a wedding in june.

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.

Acredible source is one that is (4 points) select one: a. with bias b. not useful c. persuasive d. trustworthy