What literary elements do both authors use to support and
develop the central idea?
o
woolf uses emotionally charged language to
emphasize her viewpoint, while ibsen uses language
that is factual and direct.
ibsen uses dialogue to build conflict between
characters, while woolf uses allusions to historical
figures to make her point
both passages follow a cause-effect structure to show
that a lack of privacy is the result of society's pressure
on women to conform.
both passages follow a problem-solution structure in
which the problem is revealed in a central conflict or
theme
o

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.