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Trace and Evaluate an Argument
Cite evidence to prove or disprove the arguments in the speech.
Argument from Text
Cited Evidence
People cannot
depend on other
people.
“tribute to the dog”

My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-[they will say: "but how his arms and legs are thin! "]do i daredisturb the universe? in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him? my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. o with a bald spot in the middle of my hair[they will say: "how his hair is growing thin! "]and indeed there will be timeto wonder, "do i dare? " and, "do i dare? "

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

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.