Vocabulary
quickly passing
transient
the main character
Mark Twain
What the narrator did to make Brown angry with him
ask for orders
What the Narrator did to Brown after he hit Brown with the stool
beat him
The river upon which the story takes place
the Mississippi
giving in to someone else's wishes
indulgent
The author's ambition
steamboatman
The narrators position in relation to Brown
his cub
What the Narrator did after beating Brown
criticize his grammar
The name of Brown's Steamer
"Pennsylvania"
showing good judgment
judicious
The grandest position on a steamboat
the Pilot
The position the narrator first wanted on the boat
Cabin-boy
he was piloting the boat while Brown and the Narrator were fighting
nobody
Brown attempted to hit Henry with this
a lump of coal
restate a passage in your own words
paraphrase
The character that the narrator remembers the "oftenest"
Brown
What the narrator wanted to do to Brown
kill him
He was put off the boat by the captain for fighting
Brown
What the narrator hit Brown with
a stool
word choice
diction
What Brown called the narrator
"Here"
The crime the narrator committed
lifted his hand against a pilot on duty
The captain wanted the Narrator to do this after he learned of the fight
thrash Brown again, but off the Boat
Specialized vocabulary of an occupation
jargon