“Between the Sexes, A Great Divide” By, Anna Quindlen



“Between the Sexes, A Great Divide”

By, Anna Quindlen

1. How is this a compare-contrast essay?

2. How is the scene in the gym of the girls on one side and the

boys on the other effective?

3. How is it that Quindlen has turned an event into a symbol for male-female differences?

4. Quindlen states that “women should not only be permitted but be welcomed into a variety of positions and roles that only men occupied.” Is this stance supported in her essay?

5. What is the point of the anecdote in paragraph 8?

6. At the end of the essay, she states “we still managed to pick partners and dance. It’s the dance that’s important, not the difference.” Explain this quote.

7. Why does Quindlen begin and end her essay discussing the same point- the dance?

8. What is the point of concluding the essay with a discussion of her son and his female friend?

A list of exciting rhetorical devices is on the back!

See if you can find them in the essay…

Imagery

Metaphor

Contrast

Parallelism

Simile

Rhetorical question

Anecdote

Syntax

Repetition

Point of view

Diction

CONSUBSTANTIALITY- a device used to convey a unified feeling. It uses the pronouns such as we, us or our when making a point so that the readers feel part of the cause.

Examples from Quindlen’s essay:

“We are the other, too, of course. That’s why we want to

believe…”

“Is it any wonder that our relationships are so often riddled

with misunderstandings and disappointments?”

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