https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7 Mentioning facts in general terms without providing detail/ Choosing words to dramatize or emphasize a fact en-us 2016-10-17 14:58:48 UTC 2025-11-02 09:32:45 UTC hello@padlet.com abaier1 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131233193 Exaggeration in Howard Zinn: "Columbus had his men raid the island in gangs to kidnap hundreds of women and children as slaves."]]> 2016-10-17 17:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131233193 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131233846 Exaggeration is Howard Zinn:
"As soon as he arrived in the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information from them."]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131233846 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131234917 Zin exaggerated how much Columbus wanted gold and how the Spanish intentions were to take Gold and to Enslave people. Zin exaggerated how much Columbus was in it for himself.]]> 2016-10-17 17:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131234917 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235086 Zinn exaggerated. He uses words to make something stretched out and exaggerated. For example, “As soon as he arrived in the islands he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information out of them.” ]]> 2016-10-17 17:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235086 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235117 Exaggeration from Zinn:  "As soon as he arrived on the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so he could get information from them."

]]> 2016-10-17 17:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235117 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235125 Exaggeration is Howard Zinn:
"As soon as he arrived in the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information from them."]]> 2016-10-17 17:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235125 koconnor19 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235324  He was too vague when he was saying that half of the Arawaks died from suicide or murder but left out completely that they many died of smallpox]]> 2016-10-17 17:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235324 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235575 Zinn exaggerates how Columbus treated the Native Americans and how he took them as slaves]]> 2016-10-17 17:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235575 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235775 Zinn said that Columbus was hungry for gold

]]> 2016-10-17 17:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235775 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235854 Exaggeration 
When Zinn was talking about how his crew members searched for gold, he used the term "gang" meaning the gangs of crew members searched for gold. This made the text sound more dangerous and brutal.]]> 2016-10-17 17:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235854 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235938 Zinn exaggerated the fact that Columbus started out by taking some natives captive when he just met them and saw the gold they had.]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235938 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235968 Zinn exaggerated- He stated, "“The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves, until the Indians had killed them in battle." This is an example of exaggeration because Zinn uses words like gangs, roamed, and slaves. These words are normally related to a negative topic, not positive. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235968 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235982 Vague: Zinn was too general about how about how Columbus lead three ships through 33 days partly without food. That is a good thing, and Zinn made it too vague. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131235982 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236015 Exaggeration: Zinn exaggerated his words when he talked about Columbus. For example, "They were hungry for money.". ]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236015 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236789 Zinn exaggerated many facts about Columbus including how greedy he was and how many people he had killed even though sickness killed more than he did. He forgot a bunch of good things about Columbus.]]> 2016-10-17 17:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236789 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236878 Zinn exaggerated. He uses words to make something stretched out and exaggerated. For example, “As soon as he arrived in the islands he seized some Arawaks by force so that he could get information out of them.” Exaggeration from Zinn:  "As soon as he arrived on the islands, he seized some Arawaks by force so he could get information from them."Zinn exaggerated- He stated, "“The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves, until the Indians had killed them in battle." This is an example of exaggeration because Zinn uses words like gangs,

]]> 2016-10-17 17:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236878 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236892 Exaggeration: At one part, Zinn says how the Spaniards chased down the Native Americans through gangs and dogs. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131236892 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131237484 Exaggeration: Howard Zinn said that Columbus had a need for money and didn't want anything but power.]]> 2016-10-17 17:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131237484 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131237618 Zinn stated, “The sailors had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves, until the Indians had killed them in a battle.” This is an exaggeration because words such as "gangs, women and children, and slaves" make it seem like Columbus was worse than he actually was. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:19:59 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131237618 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131237886 Exaggeration:Zinn said that the king and queen gambled on Columbus in his voyage.]]> 2016-10-17 17:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131237886 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238499 Zinn exaggerated how much power and money he wanted  for himself]]> 2016-10-17 17:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238499 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238520 hihihihi

]]> 2016-10-17 17:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238520 koconnor19 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238633 When Columbus landed in America Zinn focused on the fact that he stole credit from Rodrigo for finding land before him which makes Columbus look bad. History Alive went more into detail about where he landed because they wanted him to look better]]> 2016-10-17 17:22:33 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238633 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238977 2016-10-17 17:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131238977 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131239001 Zinn exaggerated that Columbus was just hungry for gold and power for himself.]]> 2016-10-17 17:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131239001 https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131239236 2016-10-17 17:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/abaier1/VE7/wish/131239236