Yankee questions

Questions to answer:

Are there any fresh ideas enlisted in this definition? I didnt know about Mark Twain's novel Connecticut Yankee , or that the book existied so i would consider that a fresh idea, him defining Yankee using a book.

How would you have defined this idea? I would have defined Yankee as an all american, a baseball fan/ baseball player .

Are there ideas similar to it that you could choose to define? I guess you could consinder an "American" to be a similar word you could choose to definne, because they are getting at the same general meaning.

There are allusions here: (1) to the musical Damn Yankees!, (2) to the Bible (the parable of the Good Samaritan), and (3) to a poem by Robert Frost. Do these allusions add anything to the essay or to your understanding of things? What if you didn't "get" the allusions?

Yes they do because it gives you something that you understand and know about to define a work you may not know what they are defining.

What techniques of development does the essay use in the process of definition? Do you think the writer dwelt too long on what a Yankee is not before moving on to what a Yankee is?

He used lititure, baseball, and musicals to define the word Yankee

Can you point to (write down) one sentence that functions as thesis statement in this essay?

That's what I think defines this dying breed of the American Yankee: an extraordinary sense of balance and reserve, a holding off — and yet, behind all that reserve, a reservoir of generosity and friendliness that can be nearly overwhelming.