Read this excerpt from a room of one's own by virginia woolf:
for it is a perennial puzzle why no woman wrote a word of
that extraordinary literature when every other man, it
seemed, was capable of song or sonnet. what were the
conditions in which women lived? i asked myself; for
fiction, imaginative work that is, is not dropped like a
pebble upon the ground, as science may be; fiction is like a
spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still
attached to life at all four corners.
which statement best conveys how woolf achieves her purpose in this
excerpt?
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a. she uses a simile to show that women were incapable of writing
both science and fiction until the twentieth century.
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b. she uses a simile to show how women's potential has gone
untapped throughout history.
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c. she asks a question to encourage the reader to try to understand
why women didn't write sonas and sonnets.
d. she asks a question to show her thought process in trying to understand why so few woman wrote fiction

Ineed . the story about rod slappy.

Which three events took place when lincoln lived at knob creek farm?

Construct a written analysis of approximately 300−500 words about the poem “the cremation of sam mcgee.” your analysis should explain how the figurative language and literary devices contribute either to the meaning or to the narrative structure— plot, setting, characterization, and point of view—of the poem. your analysis should contain a thesis that is discussed throughout the essay. the essay should also contain textual evidence to support the analysis and a concluding paragraph. be sure to use correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling, and write using a formal style with precise vocabulary. use terms from the list provided below to construct your analysis. ballad—a type of narrative poem that tells a story, usually in the form of a folktale or legend stanza—a division of a poem that consists of two or more lines diction—the selection and use of words that influence the style and tone of the poem connotation—the emotional suggestion or implied meaning of a word that goes beyond its dictionary definition denotation—the actual or dictionary definition of a word rhythm—the recurrence of sound patterns created by a series of stressed and unstressed syllables meter—the pattern of beats within a line of poetry created by the rhythmic structure of stressed sounds rhyme scheme—a pattern of rhymes in poetry tone—the attitude of the poet toward the subject or readers, separate from mood or atmosphere mood—the overall or prevailing feeling that is created in a story or poem theme—the central idea of the story that reveals something about human life or behavior as you write your analysis, consider these questions: what is the function of rhyme in the poem? what would the poem be like if it did not rhyme? how do the rhyme and rhythm affect or enhance the meaning of the poem? how does the use of imagery and figurative language affect the poem? how is the subject matter and conflict affected by the structure of the poem? did i conclude my analysis clearly, supporting my analysis?