Pretty Like a White Boy: The Adventures of a Blue Eyed Ojibway" Drew Hayden Taylor

1. How does the author successfully "hook” his readers into wanting to continue to read past the first paragraph? Provide two (2) examples from the text as evidence.

2.What are the two cultural identities between which the author seems to be trying to find a balance? What is his solution to this problem?

3. Underline/highlight instances where the author uses humour. Circle any stereotypes the author brings up. Select three of these and explain the stereotype and/or humour involved with each.

4. Identify 2 rhetorical devices that the author uses to convey his message. Explain the effectiveness of each device.

5.Stereotypes can often blind people. Defend this statement by selecting and explaining two quotations from the text as support and explain them.

6. If you're not careful, all you'll get is drunk Indians”,says a cab driver to his fare. Another cab driver said in response to the Oka crisis that, “If it were me, I'd have tear-gassed the place by the second day. No more problem." Describe your reaction to ONE of these statements if you were sitting in the car and heard it.

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1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.

michael’s company should invest in the updating of every section as well as data and processes technology and software. through the analysis of the manufacturing process, the company can take a clear approach towards the best way to improve not only the process but also de final result. some of the main problems that manufacturing companies face are the waste of material due to disorganized processes and the lack of real-time process checkings. this can be solved with specific software and machines that can turn paperwork into the digital era and that will reduce the time employees take on that, being this time better apply to control the production process and communication among different sectors of the company, the product will be made in shorter time with better quality and more profit

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