- a. The passage compares different abstract principles, or organizing
principles of Euro-American society versus that of tribal societies.
For example, it explores the principles of hierarchy and kinship. - b.Choice ais too general to be the primary purpose of the passage,
whereas choices cand eare too specific. Choice dis not sup-
ported by the passage. - c. Beecher Hooker invokes the Constitution (line 1) and recites the
preamble (lines 9–13) in order to appeal to and persuade her
audience. - a. Beecher Hooker plays on the two meanings suggested by the
phrase learn it by heart as well as by head.She asks her audience to
not only memorize the Constitution’s preamble, but to use both
emotion and intellect to understand its meaning. - e.One meaning of anxiousis extreme uneasiness or dread. An alter-
native meaning applies to this context—that of ardently or
earnestly wishing. - c. Passage 1 argues that the foremothers of the nation were patri-
otic and did their full share(line 30) of contributing to the early
republic. - b.The passage anticipates the arguments of those in favor of
women’s right to vote and refutes them. - c. Novelmeans new and not resembling something known or used
in the past. Choice b,original, could fit this definition but its
connotation is too positive for the context. - a. Passage 2 describes woman-suffrage societiesas thoroughly organized,
with active and zealous managers(lines 14–15). Choice b,coura-
geous,is too positive for the context of the passage. - a. Passage 2 states that every one... knows that without female suf-
frage, legislation for years has improved and is still improving the con-
dition of women(lines 24–27). - d.Passage 2 emphasizes how well women are served by judges in
line 35. Passage 1 does not refer to this issue at all. - b.Passage 1 describes men as fighters by nature(line 37), but not
women. Passage 2 describes women as incapable of performing mil-
itary duty(lines 4–5). - d.Passage 1 addresses its audience in the second person, whereas
Passage 2 does not. Passage 1 also refers to its audience as friends
(line 14) and brothers(line 18).
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