Twain is using this device in the following passage to describe how he felt watching Hicks get attention:
"It filled me with bitterness to have others do it, and to have people make a hero of Hicks ... Hicks—the idea! I couldn't stand it; I was boiling to death in my own bile."
What is overstatement?
100
The three essential steps in annotating a difficult text.
What are:
1. circling and defining unfamiliar terms
2. underlining central themes
3. writing questions in the margins
100
This movement in literature, art and architecture focuses on the supernatural and the dark side of human nature.
What is Gothic?
200
Noun-the state of being vague; indefinite
What is ambiguity?
200
adjective - uncompromising; unforgiving
What is implacable?
200
When the opposite happens from what is expected; for example, Twain's mother refuses to believe the truth.
What is situational irony?
200
Nathaniel Hawthorne felt guilty for his ancestor's role in this dark period of American history.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
200
According to this bestselling horror novelist, what we imagine scares us more than what is real.
Who is Stephen King?
300
adjective - Unquestionable
What is unassailable?
300
noun-sinfulness
What is iniquity?
300
This device is demonstrated here: "Hicks was born honest; I without that encumbrance."
What is verbal irony?
300
Mark Twain is known as "America's First..."?
What is celebrity?
300
A short, witty statement that presents a clever observation about life and is sometimes paradoxical.
What is an epigram?
400
adjective - unnecessarily elaborate; "over the top"
What is ostentatious?
400
adj - permeated; spread throughout
What is imbued?
400
In order to gain credibility, Douglass used more of this factual tone in his slave narrative.
What is objective?
400
In Hawthorne's story, this item may have been a symbol of every man's "secret sins".
What is the black veil?
400
This author fought briefly for the Confederate army.
Who is Mark Twain?
500
adverb - in many different ways
What is multifariously?
500
adj-extraordinary; beyond what is "normal"
What is preternatural?
500
We know that Twain is only pretending to be mesmerized, but his entire town believes it's real.
What is dramatic irony?
500
Commonly found in Gothic literature, this type of character typically has a physical deformity that is meant to represent an internal one.
What is grotesque?
500
Convincing the public about the horrors and inhumanity of slavery was Douglass's ......... in writing his "Narrative".