Instructions: select the correct answer.
read this line from james joyce's "araby." based on the context in which it appears, identify the correct synonym of the word amiability.
i watched my master's face pass from amiability to sternness; he hoped i was not beginning to idle.
agreeableness
joviality
generosity
humor
sadness

Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?