Choose the correct preposition from the underlined choices. One Saturday evening, Jade had missed a turn on her way to a friend's house. She had
only been driving for a couple of months and was still a little nervous sitting in/on
the driver's seat. Moreover, driving at/in the winter was harder because of all the
snow on the road.
After Jade turned around, she noticed a giant moose in/on the middle of the road.
She stopped at/on a stop sign and then waited for him to move out of the way.
However, the moose just lie in/on the pavement. Jade was supposed to meet her
friend at/on 6:00, but it seemed like the moose had other plans.
Jade honked her horn, and tried yelling at the moose from her car, but the moose
wouldn't budge. Suddenly, as Jade was about to give up, the moose stood up,
snorted, and trotted into the forest. Relieved, Jade finished driving to her friend's
house. At/On Monday, the two friends told their teacher all about the moose.

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.

Which words indicate a text is written i the first-person? a. she, her, hers b. they, them, theirs c. he, him, his d. i, me, my

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.