Connecting Questions Create connections to your text by answering the questions below. 1.What is the title of your selection? Who is the author? 2.What is your purpose for reading? 3.Personal Connections How does this text connect to your life experiences? Are there similarities between you and one of the characters? Have you ever visited a similar setting?

Need how does black hawk’s rhetoric in this excerpt advance his viewpoint that his cultural experience has fueled in him great animosity for white men? the white men despise the indians, and drive them from their homes. but the indians are not deceitful. the white men speak bad of the indian, and look at him spitefully. but the indian does not tell lies; indians do not steal. a-he creates an extended metaphor to suggest he has a thorough understanding of white men. b-he uses alliteration to emphasize the morals and values of the indians. c-he employs personification to capture the confusion he feels when dealing with white men. d-he contrasts the image of white men driving indians from their homes with examples of the admirable conduct of indians.