14.the author of “on turning ten” includes the childhood fantasies, such as being invisble or a prince, in order to..
a) show the creativity of the speaker
b) explain why he no longer rides his bike
c) contrast the playfulness if you get days with the more serious present
d) show how the child narrator spent his time before he was terminally ill

Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 5, scene 5. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. which prediction about the plot does this passage most support? brutus will replace caesar. brutus will take his own life. brutus will surrender to his enemies. brutus will be forever haunted by caesar.

Myths often function as a connection to the , or the customs and beliefs, of a group of people.

Which statement best describes thomas paines usesof evidence in the passage the crisis no. 1?