Twain's Life
Where did Twain grow up?
Hannibal, Missouri
What is the name of one of Twain's most famous novels?
Adventures of Huck Finn or Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What is the name of the riverboat on which Twain learns to pilot?
Samuel Clemons' ______ was Mark Twain.
Pseudonym
At what age did Twain's dad die?
11
How many novels did Twain write?
20+
What words would you use to describe Mr. Bixby?
Short tempered, passionate, leader
which vocab word means forceful; powerful?
potent
What was Twain's birth name?
Samuel Clemons
What three different types of writing is Twain known for?
Newspaper stories, witty lectures, American novels, short stories
To what does Twain compare the river, in a lengthy analogy?
A Book
Faculties
What is one job Twain had as a young man/child?
worked at his brother’s newspaper, as a printer’s apprentice, spent four years as a steamboat pilot
Twain wrote using ____ - WRITING THAT FOCUSES ON THE TRUTH & REALITIES OF THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE
Realism
Why does Twain fear that the romance for the river is gone for him?
Bc he now approaches the river as a pilot and cares only about its navigation, not its beauty
Acquisition
What year was Twain born?
1835
Childhood in the south, time as a riverboat captain,
When Mr. Bixby Quizzes him about the points of the river he has showed him, what is Twain's response?
He does not remember any of them.
Twain makes a point-by-point comparison or ___ to compare the boat to a book.
Analogy