Question 15 of 20 : select the best answer for the question. 15. what is the dominant pattern of development in the following passage? having been raised on a dairy farm in rural minnesota, lorie ann kline was having trouble adjusting to life in the city and to central high school. in a conference with her parents, the school guidance counselor explained that lorie ann avoided talking to her fellow students and sat by herself in the lunchroom. perhaps most disturbing, her grades were not what one would expect given her high scholastic aptitude scores. mrs. kline agreed that lorie ann was often shy around strangers. a solemn mr. kline explained that his daughter had been severely bullied by two older children who had lived at the farm for a short time. the guidance counselor nodded in understanding. a. description b. narration c. process analysis d. comparison and contrast

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.