Narrative Writing: Removing Irrelevant Details paragraph below has one sentence that is not relevant to the narrative. Cross out that sentence to strengthen the paragraph. It was a crisp autumn morning, and Quinn and her mother were exploring the local farmers market. Her mother's eye-catching red scarf danced in the breeze as they strolled through the market, buying some crusty bread here, a few vegetables there. Quinn followed along, picking her way through the crowd, admiring how the trees had turned into multi-colored works of art. This past summer had been the hottest one on record. Suddenly, Quinn realized she didn't see her mother anywhere! She scanned the crowd, hoping to catch a glimpse of her mother's bright red scarf. A spicy-sweet smell caught Quinn's attention, and she saw her mother walking toward her holding two cups of fresh, steaming apple cider.

Read the two excerpts from act 4, scene 3, and act 5, scene 5, of julius caesar. cassius. ha! portia? brutus. she is dead. cassius. how scaped i killing when i crossed you so? o insupportable and touching loss! upon what sickness? brutus. impatient of my absence, and grief that young octavius with mark antony have made themselves so strong—for with her death that tidings came. with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. brutus. why this, volumnius. the ghost of caesar hath appeared to me two several times by night—at sardis once, and this last night, here in philippi fields. i know my hour is come. volumnius. not so, my lord. brutus. nay, i am sure it is, volumnius. thou seest the world, volumnius, how it goes. our enemies have beat us to the pit, [low alarums] it is more worthy to leap in ourselves than tarry till they push us. good volumnius, thou know’st that we two went to school together. even for that, our love of old, i prithee, hold thou my sword hilts, whilst i run on it. . so fare you well at once, for brutus’ tongue hath almost ended his life’s history. night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest, that have but laboured to attain this hour. . i prithee, strato, stay thou by thy lord. thou art a fellow of a good respect. thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it. hold then my sword, and turn away thy face while i do run upon it. wilt thou, strato? which statement best compares brutus’s remarks at the death of his wife, portia, to his words before his own death? brutus shows more sadness for portia’s death than he does for his own. brutus is more philosophical about his own death than he is about portia’s. brutus uses more imagery when speaking about portia’s death than about his own. brutus reacts more matter-of-factly about his own death than he does about portia’s.

What does the term fiend not mean as it is used in the passage? a) beast b) brute c) fanatic d) savage

Study the map below. based on the information shown on this map, which ofthe following locations served as an eastern border for the mongol empire?