realism
How does the serious tone in Twain's voice create humor when he says " I resolved to be a downstream pilot and leave the upstreaming to people dead to prudence"?
It is impossible for a pilot to travel only one way
Why do steamboat pilots stop seeing the beauty of the river?
They see only what affects their steering
The narrator suspects that Leonidas W. Smiley is
a made-up person
douglass uses poetic language w his writing style when he describes
awkwardness on the farm
Mrs. Farquhar happily serves the soldier a drink of water because she
believes that he must be from the South
What Nebraska image does Clark use to describe the empty concert stage?
corn field in winter
Lincoln ends by stating his commitment "that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." What ideal is he expressing?
democracy
bixby got angry at twain because
didn't remember anything bixby taught him
how does the following passage support Douglass's purpose quote from the crown from my head to my feet... shirt was stiff with blood "
felt sympathy for slaves
emancipation proclamation announces official business for
general public
the way covey acted when slaves working was because
he distrusted them when they would work
how does twain's proud statement "i was gratified to be able to answer promptly" answer w
he is about to admit he has no answer
why does twain say bixby is grateful to the trading crew
he needs a target for his rage
what does Douglas hope Mr. Thomas will let him leave coveys farm
his bloody state
What does Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, do to win his dog fights?
holds the other dog's hind leg
Douglass gave the oxen a large, heavy load because he
hoped it would tame them
which description of webster used tall-tale
idk so if you know this fess up
what does wheeler say that daniel webster's frog can do better
jump distances
Who is Lincoln's audience in the Gettysburg Address?
mourners honoring fallen soldiers
short passage.. (he closed his eyes in order to...upon his wife and children) how can you tell it's third person?
narrator focuses on one person
what does clark's description of his aunts figure tell about the setting (north...jospeh's land)
nebraska is a primitive and harsh place
"face of water in time became a wonderful book...dead language to an uneducated passenger" paraphrase this
only the educated can read the river
sullivan was willing to die for his cause because he felt he
owed a debt to the dead
what is one way Douglass establishes credibility
provides factual details
the phrase "a glorious resurrection" refers to douglass's
rebirth of self confidence
don't have the question but remember this answer
she is not used to being in boston (aunt georgiana)
what do the soldiers do after shooting after farquhar w rifles
shoot at him w a cannon
Why are the spectators on and near the bridge silent?
silence and stillness are a show of respect for death
you realize at the end of the story farquhar is
strangled to death
lincoln hopes emancipation proclamation will
suppress the rebellion
What did Bixby agree to do for Twain?
teach him to steer the steamboat
detail indicates intended audience was private because
the expression of affection of his wife
why does uncle Howard's letter annoy Clark
the letter is almost too late
what did covey do to push his slaves harder
threatened and whipped them
Mr. Covey beat Douglass because he believed that Douglass had
trifled away his time
ballou claims that is civilians depend on
triumph of the govt
You first meet Peyton Farquhar as he is
waiting to be hanged
Because the story's structure is out of chronological order, you wonder until the end
whether Farquhar is really dead
What is the "unfinished work" that Lincoln mentions in the Gettysburg Address?
winning the Civil War
what distracts georgiana when she arrives in boston
worrying about the calf at home
clark sees that the wind in nebraska changed georgiana by...
yellowing her skin
