I went, therefore, to the shelf where the histories stand and took down one of the latest, Professor Trevelyanss history of Engl
and . . . . 'Wife-beating', i read, 'was a recognized right of man, and was practised without shame by high as well as low . . . . similarly,' the historian goes on, ' the daughter who refused to marry the gentleman of her parents' choice was liable to be locked up, beaten and flung about the room . . . . which statement best conveys how Woolf achieves her purpose in this excerpt?
A. she cites a historian to make it clear that she is basing her argument on facts.
B. She mentions the book title to make sure the reader knows she is talking about women.
C. She cites a historian to make it clear that she is reffering to customs from the past.
D. She mentions the book title to make sure the reader knows that her argument focuses on England
Earlier in the chapter, Woolf writes: It was disappointing not to have brought back in the evening some important statement, some authentic <span>fact. </span> Thus, she wants facts to back up her claim.
By citing a historian, Woolf is making it clear that she is basing her argument on facts. Otherwise, one might claim she is exaggerating or making up stories. Instead, she is saying that such customs were fact and considered commonplace by both "high as well as low."
A real war and a "war" of fighting to grow old and successful
Explanation:
Based on the excerpt, Robert Louis Stevenson was reminiscing about his days as a younger man and the internal conflicts he had.
In the first paragraph, he talked about the real war he witnessed where he heard the "loudness" of the battles and the "pain of men's wounds". He also talked about another internal "war" which had to do with "slavery of competition", toiling for years and which culminated to fighting to be old and successful.
There are three types of irony, verbal, situational, and dramatic. Verbal irony is the use of words to mean something different than what the person says. Situational irony is when something different happens than what is expected. Lastly, dramatic irony is when is when the audience is aware of something the characters are not.
In the story "Harrison Bergeron," Vonnegut employs dramatic irony. The audience is aware that Harrison was murdered by the government, but the characters although they witnessed it, cannot recall mere moments later that their own son was murdered. He was murdered for rejecting the government and their control over trying to make everyone equal and the same mechanisms caused his own parents to forget him.
chloe describes what it’s like to be a “gifted” student at the ASD, identifies some of the other students in her class (including hyper-competitive Abigail and hyper-intelligent Noah), and then narrates the arrival of Donovan at the school – specifically, his first appearance in her robotics class. Noting that robotics is one of her specialties, Chloe describes how, almost immediately after arriving, Donovan accidentally breaks off part of the robot currently under construction, and just as immediately, starts a debate about what name the robot should be given, a conversation ridiculed by the controlling Abigail, who also tells Chloe that she went to elementary school with Donovan and thought he was pretty much just “normal”. The thought of being in a class with someone “normal” interests Chloe...
