Read the excerpt from act i, scene ii of romeo and juliet. tybalt: romeo: one fairer than my love! the all-seeing sun 8 ne’er saw her match since first the world begun. benvolio: tut! you saw her fair, none else being by, herself pois'd with herself in either eye; but in that crystal scales let there be weigh'd your lady's love against some other maid 85 that i will show you shining at this feast, and she shall scant show well that now shows best. how does benvolio support the archetype of devoted friend in the excerpt? by offering poetic images to praise romeo’s love interest by encouraging romeo to think logically and consider his options by telling romeo that he is too young to be romantically involved by forcing romeo to admit his faults and seek forgiveness

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?

Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.