Answer These Questions Thoroughly

read the stories on the pages below in the “Patterns” book pdf file that i attached and answer the questions below:

Tannen, pg. 423

Tecson, pg. 385

Catton, pg. 393

Grant and Lee

What took place at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865? Why did the meeting at Appomattox signal the closing of a “great chapter in American life.”
How does Robert E. Lee represent aristocracy? How does Ulysses S. Grant represent Lee’s opposite?
According to Catton, where is it that “the contrast between Grant and Lee becomes most striking”?
What similarities does Catton see between the two men?
Why, according to Catton, are “succeeding generations of Americans”

Sex, Lies and Conversation

What pattern of communication does Tannen identify at the beginning of her essay?
According to Tannen, what do women complain about most in their marriages?
What gives women the impression that men do not listen?
What characteristics of women’s speech do men find frustrating?
According to Tannen, what can men and women do to remedy the communication problems that exist in most marriages?