Read the passage from a room of one's own.
which statement best explains how the structure of this
text supports woolf's purpose?
there was an enormous body of masculine opinion to the
effect that nothing could be expected of women
intellectually. even if her father did not read out loud these
opinions, any girl could read them for herself, and the
reading, even in the nineteenth century, must have lowered
her vitality, and told profoundly upon her work. there would
always have been that assertion--you cannot do this, you
are incapable of doing that—to protest against, to
overcome. probably for a novelist this germ is no longer of
much effect; for there have been women novelists of merit.
but for painters it must still have some sting in it, and for
musicians, i imagine, is even now active and poisonous in
the extreme. the woman composer stands where the
actress stood in the time of shakespeare.
the compare-contrast structure the reader
understand how women artists in a variety of disciplines
have been affected by cultural norms.
the cause-effect structure supports the point of view
that men, particularly fathers are often the source of
young women's oppression
the problem-solution structure supports the point of
view that conditions for women artists in most disciplines
have improved dramatically.
the chronological structure illustrates the pressures
discouraging women artists from pursuing their passions
from youth to adulthood.