Read the excerpt below and answer the question. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquillity of the assemblage, and call the members all to nought; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness. Using context clues, what does the word termagant most likely mean in this excerpt from Washington Irving's "Rip Van

The word 'termagant' means a nagging woman.

Explanation:

'Rip Van Winkle' is a short story written by Washington Irving. The story is about Rip Van Winkle, who gets drunk and fall into sleep for twenty years.

The word 'termagant' is a derogatory term used for a quarrelsome woman. The term is derived from Latin word, which in modern English is translated as 'violent or turbulent.'

In the given context, the term is used to define Van Winkle's wife, who is a nagging or brawling woman. The context clues are those clues which an author gives to his/her reader in close proximity with unfamiliar word.

The context clue for the word 'termagant' is given in the next line 'who would suddenly break in upon the tranquillity of the assemblage, and call the members all to nought.'

These lines suggests that the term 'termagant' means a brawling or nagging woman.

while his customary satire is present in mark twain's short story "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," there is a cloaking of this satire as twain's narrator is not directly involved. another literary device that you could build a thesis around is the use by twain of hyperbole.

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a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.