On Colonizing Education by Chief Canastego - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Title: On Colonizing Education by Chief Canastego


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On Colonizing Educationby Chief Canastego
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We know you highly esteem the kind of learning
taught in these colleges. And the maintenance of
our young men, while with you, would be very
expensive to you.

• The use of the second person pronouns we
  and you in the preceding lines, suggest
• Distinction between the speaker and audience
• The speaker is socially equal to the audience
• Empathy for the speakers point of view
• The speaker is angry at the audience

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We're convinced, therefore, that you mean to do
us good by your proposal, and we thank you
heartily.

• The preceding line employs
• Bathos
• Concession
• Antithesis
• Asyndeton

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But you who are so wise must know that different
nations have different conceptions of things.

• The preceding line is an example of
• Allegory
• Chiasmus
• Dialect
• Balanced sentence

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They were instructed in all your sciences. But
when they came back to us, they were bad runners,
ignorant of every means of living in the woods,
unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew
neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or
kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly,
and therefore were neither fit for hunters,
warriors, nor councilors. They were totally good
for nothing.

• What TYPE of argument is Canasatego making?

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Line 2 of the preceding slide is an example of -

1. Complex sentence
2. Compound sentence
3. Cumulative sentence
4. Balanced sentence

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They were totally good for nothing.

• The preceding line utilizes
• Understatement
• Absolute terms
• Deductive reasoning
• Concrete details

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To show our grateful sense of it, if the
gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of
their sons, we would take great care in their
education, instruct them in all we know, and make
men of them.

• This line reveals the speakers sense of
• Humor
• Remorse
• Gratitude
• Sarcasm

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Canasategos speech can be categorized as -

1. Forensic
2. Epideictic
3. Deliberative

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Canasatego builds his argument based on which
rhetorical appeal?

1. Ethos
2. Pathos
3. Logos

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Answer the following question from Canasategos
point of view. Cite textual evidence to support
your answer.

• What role should culture play in a students
  education?