PPT-ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

BY MARK TWAIN Background Information What is satire Satire is the use of or sarcasm to denounce or make fun of a specific idea object concept or person Mark Twain uses satire to. D Salinger Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko Child Called It A David Pelzer Child of God Cormac McCarthy Children of the River Linda Crew Chinese Handcuffs Chris Crutcher Chocolate War The Robert Cormier Christmas Carol A Charles Dickens Cold Mountain Cha A guide to writing Stronger . Theses. KSJC . Pre – AP English 11. Ms. Do. The Rubric. Analyze how Twain creates tension to promote social commentary.. The Prompt. Level Up THESIS. Deconstructing the prompt…. abolish , uh BOL ish to do away with Synonyms annul, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, oblite rate Antonym initiate Lincoln abolished slavery. 1. Derivatives abolishment Essential Questions. What is identity? How is it defined in relation to society or community? . How does one gain a sense of self identity and community identity? . What is the appropriate way to balance individual and group identity? . Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. Mark Twain or Samuel Clemens?. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). Grew up in Hannibal, Missouri on the bank of the Mississippi River. At age 22 (1857-61) he trained to be a steamboat pilot. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. by Mark Twain. Please take out note-taking materials. There will be a quiz.. Setting: St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River.. Author. : Mark Twain. pinsker. on the protagonist-narrator. By Chris and Kieran. Citation in . mla. format. Pinsker. , Sanford. “Sanford . Pinsker. on the Protagonist Narrator”. 82-86. Print.. The Rhetorical Situation. The Adventures of . Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. : . Biography. . Samuel . Longhorne. Clemens. Born November 30. th. , 1835 . Licensed River Pilot in 1858. “Mark Twain” is a river term which means the water is deep enough for safe passage . 1)commence . — . (v) begin.  . 2) tolerable —. (adj.) moderately agreeable.  . 3) providence — . (n) divine care.  . 4) notion —. (n) theory; belief; general idea.  . 5) dismal —. (adj.) gloomy; depressing. Mark . Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1835-1910 . "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.". About the Author. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. . Clemens was born on the Missouri frontier, learned several trades, traveled widely, and transformed himself into Mark Twain.. Four years after Clemens was born, his . Mark Twain (1835-1910). Early Life. Born Samuel Longhorn Clemens on November 30, 1835. Son of Jane (Kentucky) and John Marshall (Virginia). The sixth of seven children, but only three siblings survived childhood. Wednesday, 26 July 2017. Jonathan Peel JLS 2017. Reception: 19. th. century. We know of at least 20 contemporary reviews and over 100 contemporary comments about the book.. The book was poorly received in Massachusetts in particular and also was regarded as problematic in New York and Boston.. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Meet Mark Twain “I was born on the 30 th of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri… the village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 percent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town.”