Questions

1. Notice how Red Jacket begins each paragraph. How does this approach appeal to both ethos and pathos?

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: Notice how Red Jacket begins each paragraph. How does this approach appeal to both ethos and pathos?
2. What is the significance of ending the first paragraph with the phrase “and him only”?

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: What is the significance of ending the first paragraph with the phrase “and him only”?
3. How would you characterize Red Jacket’s tone in paragraphs 2 and 3?

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: How would you characterize Red Jacket’s tone in paragraphs 2 and 3?
4. What is Red Jacket’s rhetorical purpose in paragraphs 4 and 5? Elsewhere in the text, Red Jacket repeats the phrases “we are told” and “you say” several times. How does this repetition serve his purpose?

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: What is Red Jacket’s rhetorical purpose in paragraphs 4 and 5? Elsewhere in the text, Red Jacket repeats the phrases “we are told” and “you say” several times. How does this repetition serve his purpose?
5. Red Jacket says, “Brother, we do not understand these things” (para. 8). Is he being disingenuous? Explain your response.

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: Red Jacket says, “Brother, we do not understand these things” (para. 8). Is he being disingenuous? Explain your response.
6. How effectively does Red Jacket use rhetorical questions? Imagine and describe the audience’s probable response to each of them.

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: How effectively does Red Jacket use rhetorical questions? Imagine and describe the audience’s probable response to each of them.
7. In paragraph 12, Red Jacket makes a promise. Is it a sincere one? Is it similar to a rhetorical question, in that Red Jacket already knows the result of what he suggests? Explain your response.

   Chapter 13 - 3. Defense of Native American Religion - Questions: In paragraph 12, Red Jacket makes a promise. Is it a sincere one? Is it similar to a rhetorical question, in that Red Jacket already knows the result of what he suggests? Explain your response.