Crossing+the+Great+Divide

=__Crossing the Great Divide__=
 * Period 5**

Purpose

 * Relay historical information in a timely and journalistic fashion
 * Convey the importance of the relationships between the people of the Unites States and the Indians
 * Display the importance of expansion toward the west and how convincing the Indians that trade was vital was the first step into achieving west coast expansion
 * Shows the transformation of the Indians, shows their realization and recognition of their place in the country and that cooperation is vital to sustain their remote way of life

Literary Devices

 * **1rst Person Narrator**: talks of the expedition through Lewis in order to convey an authentic and realistic narration of events
 * **Imagery**: Presents the view of the terrain back then and how it affected travel and communication
 * **Tone**: events relayed in a professional and mature light, not to be confused with expedition of a childish adventure
 * **Epistle**: Lewis Uses a journalistic form of writing in order for his work to be published and referred to by President Jefferson and his followers for expansion
 * **Audience**: written for a general, or the public because the purpose was to relay the confines of the west in an easily interpreted form
 * **Diction and Dialect**: simple language that would be appealing to read in the 1800s