Excerpt from julius caesar by william shakespeare caesar: who is it in the press that calls on me? i hear a tongue shriller than all the music cry "caesar! " speak, caesar is turn'd to hear. soothsayer: beware the ides of march. caesar: what man is that? brutus: a soothsayer bids you beware the ides of march. excerpt from lives by plutarch furthermore, there was a certaine soothsayer, that had given caesar warning long afore, to take heed of the day of the ides of march (which is the fifteenth of the month), for on that day he should be in great danger. that day being come, caesar going unto the senate-house, and speaking merrily to the soothsayer, told him, "the ides of march be come." "so they be," softly answered the soothsayer, "but yet are they not past." which statement best explains how shakespeare drew from his source to create the play? a.)shakespeare took his portrayal of caesar's personality from the source. b.)shakespeare copied some of the source's wordings and phrases. c.)shakespeare adapted the interchange and conversation from the source. d.)shakespeare followed the source closely, but changed its basic meaning.

In just over one hundred years, between 1701 and 1810, 252,500 enslaved africans were brought to barbados—an island that occupies only 166 square miles (making it, today, one of the smallest countries in the world). the english then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with jamaica, which they took from spain in 1655. in the same period that the 252,500 africans were brought to barbados, 662,400 africans were taken to jamaica. thus, sugar drove more than 900,000 people into slavery, across the atlantic, to barbados and jamaica—and these were just two of the sugar islands. the english were eagerly filling antigua, nevis, saint kitts, and montserrat with slaves and sugar mills. they took over much of dutch guiana for the same reason. seeing the fortunes being made in sugar, the french started their own scramble to turn the half of the island of hispaniola that they controlled (which is now haiti), as well as martinique, guadeloupe, and french guiana (along the south american coast near dutch guiana), into their own sugar colonies, which were filled with hundreds of thousands more african slaves. by 1753, british ships were taking average of 34,250 slaves from africa every year, and by 1768, that number had reached 53,100. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos how do the authors use historical evidence to support their claim? x(a) they use secondary sources to show how french and english monarchs were indifferent to enslaved people. x(b)they use secondary sources to show that enslaved people often fought for their freedom after arriving in the caribbean. the answer is: (c)they use facts from primary sources to show how countries increased the number of enslaved people to produce more sugar. x(d)they use primary source interviews to show that countries could make more money in trading sugar without using enslaved people.

Which sentence is an example of objective, third-person writing that could be found in a scientific essay? a. i was 15 years old when i developed an eating disorder. b. my sister developed an eating disorder when she was a teenager. c. eating disorders often appear during the teen years. d. you are most likely to develop eating disorders during your teenage years.

Kafka originally referred to gregor's parents as “the mother” and “the father”. however, the translator refers to them as “his mother” and “his father”. why might the translator use “his” instead of “the”? a. the word “his” makes the story smoother to read in english. b. the word “his” allows gregor’s parents to become more central characters. c. the word “his” makes gregor’s parents sound less loving. d. the word “his” creates a more negative tone.