The Enlightenment Answers

Which phrase from the text best shows Mary Wollstonecraft’s use of figurative language?

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The use of connotation demonstrates how word choice can convey a writer’s . In this passage, the word “despot” has a connotation. If Wollstonecraft had wanted to change the meaning of the passage, she could have chosen a word with a different connotation. Instead of “despot,” she might have chosen the word “.”

What does Wollstonecraft mean when she states, "she has always been . . . a slave"?

Wollstonecraft includes the phrase "annals of antiquity to trace the history of woman" to suggest that

In this excerpt, the phrase “female folly and vice” refers to

In this passage, what does Wollstonecraft blame for some of the problems women face?

In this passage, what does Wollstonecraft suggest must happen to change the status of women in society?

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