It must be nice," she said. "It must be very nice. I wish women could do such things."
"It ain't the right kind of a life for a woman.
Her upper lip raised a little, showing her teeth. "How do you know? How can you tell?" she said.
"I don't know, ma'am," he protested. "Of course I don't know. Now here's your kettles, done. You don't have to buy no new ones.
"How much?"
"Oh, fifty cents'll do. I keep my prices down and my work good. That's why I have all them satisfied customers up and down the highway."
Elisa brought him a fifty-cent piece from the house and dropped it in his hand. "You might be surprised to have a rival some time. I can sharpen scissors, too. And I can beat the dents out of little pots. I could show you what a woman might do."
He put his hammer back in the oily box and shoved the little anvil out of sight. "It would be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under the wagon all night." He climbed over the singletree, steadying himself with a hand on the burro's white rump. He settled himself in the seat, picked up the lines. "Thank you kindly, ma'am," he said. "I'll do like you told me; I'll go back and catch the Salinas road."...The wagon turned and crawled out the entrance road and back the way it had come, along the river.Elisa stood in front of her wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. Her shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene came vaguely into them. Her lips moved silently, forming the words "Good-bye--good-bye." Then she whispered, "That's a bright direction. There's a glowing there."
This passage implies that women in Elisa’s time and place were
*seen as weak and dependent.
free to do whatever they chose.
restricted to safe, traditional roles.
easily fooled.
Elisa’s attitude in this passage can be best described as
confident.
wistful.
challenging.
*all of the above
All of the following literary techniques are used in the excerpt above EXCEPT
*repetition.
metaphor.
dialogue.
imagery.
... and your answers are ... ?
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To answer the first question, we need to look at the passage and analyze the implied societal view of women in Elisa's time and place. The passage suggests that women were restricted to safe, traditional roles. The statement, "It ain't the right kind of a life for a woman," implies that there are certain expectations and limitations imposed on women in that society.
For the second question, we need to evaluate Elisa's attitude in the passage. Elisa's attitude can be described as all of the above - confident, wistful, and challenging. She expresses confidence in her abilities when she tells the traveling tinker that she can sharpen scissors and fix dents in pots. She also appears wistful when she says, "It must be very nice. I wish women could do such things." Additionally, her challenging attitude is evident when she says, "You might be surprised to have a rival someday. I can show you what a woman might do."
Lastly, let's identify the literary techniques used in the excerpt. We can eliminate repetition as the excerpt does not contain any repeated phrases or words. The other three options are present in the passage. Dialogue is used extensively between the characters, particularly Elisa and the tinker. Metaphor is also present in Elisa's statement, "There's a glowing there," which is a metaphorical description of a potential future with more opportunities. Imagery is used to vividly describe the scene, such as when Elisa is watching the caravan slowly progress along the river.
Therefore, the literary technique not used in the excerpt is repetition.