9.2.3
Read:
"A Defense of Veganism"
Reading Guide

After you've finished reading, write short answers to the following questions.
1. The author concludes by stating, "That said, the common claims made against veganism are false." Which of the author's arguments do you think support this conclusion best and would be most convincing to someone who is opposed to veganism?

2. At what point in the essay does the author begin to look at counterarguments to veganism? Why do you think she chooses to do so at this point?

The town should regulate the height of buildings allowed on main street. this would be categorized as a: a. claim of fact. b. claim of policy. c. claim of cause and effect. d. claim of definition.

The travels of marco polo. what is the author’s purpose for writing this text?

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.