Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word depreciate as it is used in “The Gift of the Magi.” Write your definition of depreciate here and tell how you arrived at it. Then check your inferred meaning in a print or digital dictionary.

Read the passage from a vindication of the rights of woman. that the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense. does wollstonecraft maintain an objective tone in the passage? yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.” yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.” no, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”

Ineed . the main pattern of organization used for this passage is: a. time order b. list of items c. contrast d. comparison

What do procedural documents include that the reader understand concepts that might be difficult to properly explain using just words? a. graphics and visual images b. engaging language and analogies c. similes and metaphors d. stages and subheadings