Read the passage. then answer the question that follows.

portia. i must go in. ay me! how weak a thing

the heart of woman is! o brutus,

the heavens speed thee in thine enterprise! —

sure, the boy heard me. brutus hath a suit

that caesar will not grant. o, i grow faint!

run, lucius, and commend me to my lord.

say i am merry. come to me again,

and bring me word what he doth say to thee.

–the tragedy of julius caesar,

william shakespeare

what impact does the image of a "heart of a woman” have on the audience?

it shows the audience that portia is very weak and thinks she is about to faint.
it shows the audience that portia loves her husband and is worried about him.
it shows the audience that portia is jealous and wants to go to the senate with brutus.
it shows the audience that portia is deceitful and sends the boy to tell a lie to her husband.

Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides, go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; instruct the planets in what orbs to run, correct old time, and regulate the sun; which statement is correct? antithesis is used in the first two lines. antithesis is used in the last two lines. parallelism is used in the first two lines. parallelism is used in the last two lines.

Which theme do all rivers run to the sea and maus share?

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification