Idk what a monalog is you will write your own monologue. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. in your monologue, you will respond to one of the following: you are a friend of hermia's and you have just heard of her plan to run away with lysander. what advice or warning do you give to her? you are friend of demetrius, who has just been rejected by hermia. what advice do you offer demetrius who is distraught over hermia's lack of love for him? write it in modern language or in the style of shakespeare. length requirements: your monologue should be 10 or more lines

Read the following excerpt from "the city without us" by alan weisman: almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but h20 (water) molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid state. pretty six-sided crystals suggest snowflakes so gossamer it's hard to conceive of them pushing apart slabs of sidewalk. which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning? o a. it likens h2o molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine. o b. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are. o c. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk o d. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having an unexpected strength (apex)