Kinds of writing
This kind of writing refers to the way a protagonist matures emotionally, spiritually, and morally.
What is a BILDUNGSROMAN?
This literary device is used to convey the opposite meaning of the actually things said...and it can be a great way of facilitating satire.
What is IRONY?
These characters end up getting tarred-and-featherd.
Who are THE DUKE AND THE KING?
What is MISS WATSON WAS GOING TO SELL HIM TO NEW ORLEANS?
To "let on"
What is TO PRETEND or even LIE ABOUT
This is a kind of writing that features an unconventional hero - one which tends to be a problem for the authorities, but one who whose moral code has value for readers.
What is PICARESQUE?
This literary device is a character or even a nonhuman figure whose purpose is to accentuate or draw attention to the qualities of another character or figure - there are so many of these in Huck Finn that it's not even funny.
What is FOIL?
This character is the youngest of the Phelps sisters; she has a cleft lip and is very suspicious of Huck's English upbringing.
Who is JOANNA?
The reason that Huck runs away.
What is LOCKED IN CABIN FOR 3 DAYS BY PAP?
Doggery
What is BAR?
This kind of writing makes an attempt to portray life as it really is.
What is LITERARY REALISM?
This literary device was used to hilarious effect when Jim and Huck argue over whether Solomon was wise.
What is BIBLICAL ALLUSION?
This is a set of characters who are also in a blood feud with the Grangerfords.
Who are THE SHEPHERDSONS?
This is how Huck disguises himself when he ventures from Jackson's Island to St. Petersberg to gather intel.
What is DRESSED LIKE A GIRL?
Bullyragging
What is MESSING WITH or BULLYING?
This type of writing uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is SATIRE?
It occurs to Dr. Frank as he writes out this Jeopardy! board that perhaps something that was billed as a "kind of writing" may actually be a "device," which is to say that perhaps devices and kinds of writing overlap in certain cases.
Anyway, what is a positively-connoted turning point?
What is EPIPHANY?
Who is Tom Sawyer?
The trick that Huck plays on Jim that leads to a physical injury.
What is SCARING JIM WITH A DEAD RATTLESNAKE THAT HAS BEEN JOINED BY ITS MATE AND BITES JIM?
Tight
What is DRUNK?
This is a negatively-connoted turning point that is generally said to precede peripeteia.
What is ANAGNORISIS?
This literary device is a storytelling technique that Dr. Frank just can't quite get enough of.
What is FRAME?
This character is the one who gives Jim his freedom.
Who is MISS WATSON?
This is a trick that Huck plays on Jim that results not in a physical injury but in emotional harm.
What is MAKING JIM THINK THAT HE DREAMED UP THEIR GETTING SEPARATED IN THE FOG?
What Tom and Huck mean when they say "smouch"
What is STEAL?