Exploring the Text

  1. What figure of speech is the following: “We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food” (par. 1)? What is its effect?

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    Exploring the Text: - What figure of speech is the following: “We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food” (par. 1)? What is its effect?
  2. In what ways does the description of Sherman Alexie’s father play against stereotypes of Native Americans?

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    Exploring the Text: - In what ways does the description of Sherman Alexie’s father play against stereotypes of Native Americans?
  3. What does Alexie mean when he describes “an Indian boy” who “grows into a man who often speaks of his childhood in the third-person” (par. 5)?

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    Exploring the Text: - What does Alexie mean when he describes “an Indian boy” who “grows into a man who often speaks of his childhood in the third-person” (par. 5)?
  4. In paragraph 7, Alexie deliberately uses a number of short, simple sentences. What effect do you think he is trying to achieve?

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    Exploring the Text: - In paragraph 7, Alexie deliberately uses a number of short, simple sentences. What effect do you think he is trying to achieve?
  5. This eight-paragraph essay is divided into two distinct sections. Why? How would you describe its arrangement? How does it suit Alexie’s overall purpose?

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    Exploring the Text: - This eight-paragraph essay is divided into two distinct sections. Why? How would you describe its arrangement? How does it suit Alexie’s overall purpose?
  6. Discuss Alexie’s use of parallel structure and repetition in the last two paragraphs. Pay particular attention to the final sentence in each.

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    Exploring the Text: - Discuss Alexie’s use of parallel structure and repetition in the last two paragraphs. Pay particular attention to the final sentence in each.
  7. Alexie writes that he read to save his life, and many other people have written that books opened up worlds and possibilities that gave them a new life. Do you believe that reading and books can still have that power? Explain.

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    Exploring the Text: - Alexie writes that he read to save his life, and many other people have written that books opened up worlds and possibilities that gave them a new life. Do you believe that reading and books can still have that power? Explain.