Remember that an adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs tell how, when, where, how much, and why. Many adverbs end with the letters -ly. Use the following adverbs in sentences of your own. Underline any additional adverbs in your sentences.

1. brightly, so

2. too, well

3. extremely, still

4. hard, today

5. sometimes, never

Read the excerpt from act iii of the importance of being earnest. jack. [in a pathetic voice.] miss prism, more is restored to you than this hand-bag. i was the baby you placed in it. miss prism. [amazed.] you? jack. [embracing her.] yes . . mother! miss prism. [recoiling in indignant astonishment.] mr. worthing! i am unmarried! jack. unmarried! i do not deny that is a serious blow. but after all, who has the right to cast a stone against one who has suffered? cannot repentance wipe out an act of folly? why should there be one law for men, and another for women? mother, i forgive you. [tries to embrace her again.] what is the best conclusion that can be drawn about jack, based on his words and actions in this excerpt? he has a tendency to be rude. he is inclined to show his emotions. he has a tendency to be gullible. he is inclined to be unresponsive.

Which component of a rhetorical argument is missing from the chart above? a. civics (civos) b. ethics (ethos) c. patriotics (patros) d. histrionics (histros)

The author or the odyssey, an epic written in 700 b.c.,