Invisible Cowboys - Pre-Reading Worksheet

Click here to read the various definitions of a "myth" by the Merriam Webster dictionary.

1. To your mind, which one can be used to depict the archetype of the cowboy in the American West? 

2. Share and defend your opinion with a partner.

3. In the dictionary entry for the word myth, find and write down in your notebook two adjectives with the privative prefix un- and one adjective with a very negative connotation.

a. What do they tell you about the concept of myth?

b. How do you think they might apply to the myth of the cowboy?