Read the passage carefully. A woman who manages the household should be thrifty and diligent. If she is diligent, the household thrives; if lazy, it declines. If she is thrifty, the household becomes enriched; if extravagant, it becomes impoverished.

–Analects for Women,

Sung Ruozhao

What is the central idea of the passage?

A household needs women to work to support it.

A household depends on how well a woman manages it.

A household needs a wealthy woman in charge.

A household does not need women to support it.

BTW It is not the first one

Think about how the author structured the article you just read, then answer the question. what type of text structure does the author use in this article? the author uses a sequence of events to trace the development of democratic rule from ancient greece to the united states. the author presents a cause-and-effect relationship to explain how the first government created in athens resulted in the empire’s downfall. the author compares and contrasts ideas about government developed by two philosophers, plato and aristotle. the author describes the problems faced by the american founding fathers, and details the solutions proposed by plato and aristotle.ach characteristic of government to athens or rome