Thursday, January 17, 2019

Twain's Humor

Today's Task

Read "Prefatory" and "Chapter 42" from Roughing It by Mark Twain. Then post a blog post response attending to the following questions.

Click here for an audio version of Roughing It (You'll have to go to Chapter 42)


  1. What is the essential idea of the "Prefatory"?
  2. Find one example of humorous word choice and explain what makes it humorous in Chapter 42
  3. Explain how the sentence structure of the two readings contributes to a humorous tone.
  4. Explain how Twain's use of figurative language/literary devices creates humor in Chapter 42.

Due by 1/19/2019 11:59 PM

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