Thinking Critically about Description

Read "Speaking Quiché in the Heart of Dixie" and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 13.61

1. Connotation What connotation does the word lair suggest (para. 2)?

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2. Detail Why does the author make a point to say that Kyle’s wife left the plant and went to work for Walmart?

Question 13.63

3. Connotation Why does the author put the word breakthrough (para. 13) in quotations?

Question 13.64

4. Objective/Subjective Is the essay objective, subjective, or a mixture of both? Explain your answer.

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5. Tone Describe Thompson’s tone in this essay. What information does his tone convey that is not directly stated?

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