Virtual High SchoolENGLISH 11 While you read: Each of the following questions is related to an underlined passage or word in the reading

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Virtual High SchoolENGLISH 11

While you read: Each of the following questions is related to an underlined passage or word in the

reading. Be ready to answer the questions as you read. Write your answers below.

1. Define inducement

.2. Define the word emigrant and explain why Thurston uses it in an article about moving across the country.

3. Based on the first sentence in the reading, what is the purpose of this article?

4. What is Thurston trying to convince his audience of by pointing out this detail? Do you think this appeal is valid?

5. Why do you think Thurston makes sure to include this detail?

6. Give at least one example of how Thurston uses persuasive appeals in the previous two paragraphs to reinforce the idea that Oregon is the most desirable place to be.

7. Why do you think the author spends so much time explaining how to get to Oregon?

8. Based on the context of this word in the article, what do you think sharpers means?

9. What do you think about this statement? Do you trust Thurston? Why or why not?

10. What persuasive tactic does Thurston use in this sentence?

After you've read:

1. Which persuasive appeal does Thurston use most often? Why?

2. If you were a pioneer planning to settle in the West, would this article have convinced you to move to Oregon? Explain your answer.

3. Explain how Thurston uses ethos when he says, "I took my own family to the country in 1847, and by the overland route. I have never never regretted it" (paragraph 13, line 2).

In one or two sentences, write down the gist, or main point, of this study.