PPT-Huck Finn Exam Review River Illustration

For this assignment you will need to plot out all the major story points for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn You will indicate points on the map of the Mississippi River and write a brief description of the event on a separate sheet of paper . 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:. 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.”. English 11. Humor. Read the Notice/Explanatory etc. to the novel as a class, pg. 6. Mark Twain sates in the “Notice” that persons attempting to find a moral in this book will be banished. While he slightly overstates his case, we should not forget that this novel is very funny. It is important to find the humor in the novel. Too often we as readers are so concerned with the social aspect that we forget to look for what is funny.. 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? . . and . Picaresque Fiction. English 11 Honors: American Themes. Picaresque. The . picaresque novel. (Spanish: . ". picaresca. ". , from . ". pícaro. ". , for "rogue" or "rascal") is a popular sub-genre of prose fiction which is . 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. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called. Huckleberry Finn. ," . Ernest Hemingway. Mark Twain (1835-1910). Chapter Presentations. Chapter 1. Plot: Huck and Tom getting the money they find in the cave, Widow Douglas takes guardianship of Huck and tries to civilize him, they are trying to give him a religious education (praying, thanking/listening to God). 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 . A picaresque novel:. Involves clever rogues or adventurers engaged in a series of episodes.. A genre of generally satiric prose fiction that depicts in realistic, often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.. 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 . English III / AP Language and Composition. Review Questions are from Teacher’s Pet Publications. Mark Twain. Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. . At the age of four, Samuel and his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. This was his first experience with living along the Mississippi River. Hannibal’s port served boats daily from St. Louis and New Orleans. . in Mark Twain’s . “Huckleberry Finn”. Romanticism in Huck Finn. "Romanticism," as a term, derives from "romance," which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was adventurist and improbable . Individual vs. Society 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?