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7. How does Stone use the example strategy to support his definition? Cite textual evidence to support your analysis.
8. How do the final sentences provide a call to action and a final clarification of heroism?
9. The heroes mentioned by Oliver Stone are listed below. Choose one or think of one of your own. Do a quick search to determine what made the person a hero.
my Notes
• George Washington
• General Custer
• Abraham Lincoln
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
Beginning a Definition of Hero
• Clara Barton
• Florence Nightingale • Joan of Arc
• Ron Kovic
• Mohandas Gandhi
10. After reading and thinking about definition strategies and heroes, use the graphic organizer that follows to begin organizing your definition of a hero according to the three different strategies for definition: function, example, and negation.
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