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Trojan – Inhabitants of the mighty city that was destroyed by the Greeks during the Trojan War, after a siege of ten years; international manufacturer of condoms and birth control products.

Trident – The three-pronged spear of Poseidon, god of the seas; Trident Gum is a popular gum. (Note: ‘Tria’ is Greek for ‘three’ and ‘donti’ means ‘tooth’; hence, Trident translates literally as ‘three-teeth’, or ‘triple-toothed’. Trident Gum, if one is to believe the advertising, helps to clean your teeth, thus the allusion.)

Mars – Roman name for Ares, god of War; name of popular candy bar.

I have recently read Flight, by Sherman Alexie

Simple sentence- little bighorn was the last real battle of the Indian wars.

pg. 70

compound sentence- I can’t see anythin, but I know what’s happening.

pg. 71

complex sentence- So I walk toward the hill where Custer and his soldiers lie dead and dying.

pg. 72

 compound-complex sentence- All around me, Indian man, women, and children are desecrating the bodies of te dead white soldiers.

pg. 73

The education of a man is never completed until he dies. Robert E. Lee