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How does Krakauer both discuss and wield the power of language in today’s reading? Choose at least three specific examples of interesting language (both specific instances in Mormon history as well as within Krakauer’s commentary), and discuss its impacts.
With this question, students are invited to explore the relationship between craft and content, or between words and essential meaning. More specific follow-up prompts could include: How does the language we choose shape the meaning of what we say? How does it impact the way we think? How does it inform the way we interact with the world? Examples from the text could include the use of words like “exterminated” which...
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