ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN ~ SHERMAN ALEXIE

Chapter Study - #3 Revenge is my middle name

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CONTEXT INFO
❏ The Makah First Nations live in Neah Bay, Washington state, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
Traditionally they were a seafaring tribe who relied on hunting whales and fishing salmon for their
survival. They have a rich cultural heritage. (http://makah.com/makah-tribal-info/tribe/)

VOCABULARY WORDS
Word / Term Definition

powwow

hypothermic

wattle

bootleg

hydro

persistent

KEY EVENTS
page Event
17

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22

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LITERARY TERMS & DEVICES

Device page example

Hyperbole 15

Magic 3 15

Simile 15

Metaphor 16

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Device page example

Metaphor/Magic 3 17

Magic 3 17

Magic 3 20

Onomatopoeia 20

Magic 3 / Vivid Lang. 20

Consonance 20

Metaphor 21

Hyperbole 21

Hyperbole 22

Allusion / Reference 22

Foreshadowing 23

CHARACTER INFO
Character Detail

Rowdy

Junior

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THEME INFO AND SYMBOLS
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BY EXPLAINING YOUR OPINION USING SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE TEXT TO
SUPPORT YOUR POINT OF VIEW. INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS WITH YOUR TEXT REFERENCES.

1. What does this chapter tell us about Junior’s feelings about his cultural heritage? Provide
specific examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Why do you think that Rowdy beat up the minivan? What purpose did it serve for him?

3. Why do you think that Rowdy and Junior are friends? What connects them? Give specific
evidence from the text to support your answer.

4. Choose one of these two questions:

(a) Can your best friend be more important than your family? Can your best friend be a kind of
family?

OR
(b) If you had a nickname based on your characteristics (like Rowdy does) what do you think your
family and friends would call you?

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