Day 18English 10 Honors

ECA PracticeO Which sentence is punctuated correctly?A. The orcs attacked the dwarfs, however,

some escaped.B. The defiler beheaded the king, and

threw the head at the king’s son.C. Thorin attacked the pale orc, and he cut

off his arm.D. They drove the orcs back; but they could

not defeat the dragon.

Questions?

Act One QuizTry your best! Turn in when

finished.No phones.No talking.

Brutus’s Soliloquy (793)

O Read Brutus’s soliloquy (2.10-36). Note any figurative language.

O Which of the two images (the adder or the ladder) best describes Caesar's actions as we know them from the first act of the play?

O CREATE A CHART.O ADDER

LADDER

Act Two Scene iO Does a "climber-upper" seem threatening by

himself? What happens when you link him to a poisonous serpent?

O Brutus is walking in his orchard, talking about serpents and thinking about breaking an oath. Allusion?

O What are the risks in crushing a threat before it is imminent?

Meeting of the ConspiratorsScene i

O Actors:O BrutusO LuciusO CassiusO DeciusO CascaO CinnaO MetellusO Trebonius

O “Between the acting of a dreadful thing/ And the first motion, all the interim is/Like a phantasma or a hideous dream.”