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Both Cabeza de Vaca and Mary Rowlandson describe their own captivities among foreign peoples. Begin by identifying the audiences of each writer and their approximate time period and cultural context (such as predominant cultural values and beliefs).  Then analyze how each writer narrates his/her captivity in ways that either reinforce or challenge the dominant cultural beliefs of their intended audience. As you respond, be sure to describe details of the captivity. (You obviously won’t have access to the version of Cabeza de Vaca that you read for class.  However, you can find a portion of Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación starting on p 55 of the NA. It is also alright to rely solely on your memory of this text without direct citations.)

For question 3, choose to respond to ONE of the following prompts: 3A) Phyllis Wheatley’s “To the University of Cambridge in New England” addresses students at a prestigious institution. How does Wheatley’s appeal to the value of education and virtue reflect ideals important to the new American republic? And, how does Wheatley establish her own authority in speaking—particularly given her identity that is so significantly different from that of her audience?     3B) Benjamin Franklin’s writings often emphasize self-improvement and civic responsibility as central to American identity. How does “The Way to Wealth” promote these ideals, and how does it reflect an emerging culture of the American colonies that differs from earlier writers ? (For this response, you need to discuss “The Way to Wealth,” but you can also reference our in-class discussion of Franklin’s Autobiography or his other works.)

Ashley noticed that the group was coming up to the end of their meeting and wanted to see how close the group was to making a decision. So she took an informal vote—a tactic we call a/an

After a lengthy debate about where to go on spring break, Katie decides that she and her roommates are not going to be able to come to an agreement. Instead, she opts to take a road trip with one of her high school friends. Katie and her roommates have achieved which conflict outcome?

Your family would be considered what kind of group?

__________ is the ability to influence others’ behaviors and thoughts toward a productive end.

Power that stems from a leader’s ability to threaten or harm others is referred to as

__________ is a negative interaction between two or more interdependent people, which is rooted in some actual or perceived disagreement.

The interconnection and interdependence between two individuals is referred to as

You feel uncomfortable talking to your friend David about how frustrated you are that you’ve been forced to work a lot of overtime lately because David has been unemployed for the past six months. We would refer to your conflict avoidance behavior as