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 winkle"?

delicate girl
devoted homemaker
overbearing woman
school teacher

The answer is (C) overbearing woman.  

Explanation:

Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by Washington Irving in 1819 about a Dutch-American man who falls asleep only to find himself awake 20 years later after the American Revolution. The wife mentioned in the quoted paragraph is Dame Van Winkle, who often nags her husband who is quite lazy and abhors the idea of working. We can guess that the meaning of ‘termagant’ is overbearing woman from the description given in the paragraph above, without having to look at the dictionary, from phrases such as “suddenly break in upon the tranquility” and “daring tongue of this terrible virago”.  

overbearing woman

Explanation:

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

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