Mark Twain

Mark Twain born and death date

(1835-1910)

a limerick always has ____ lines

5

Twain was born in _________, Missouri, but he spent much of his youth in _________, Missouri

Florida; Hannibal

In 1849 and 1860 many people traveled west in search of what

Gold Rush 1849 & Silver Rush 1860

Give Twain's real name

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

At the age of 12, what major event caused Twain to leave school , travel, and become interested in printing

his father passed away and followed his brother Orion into the prining business

_________ is/are words that create visual images in a readers mind

imagery

Twain enjoyed enormous success as a writer, but lost a lot of money investing in what?

inventions mostly a page typeletter

A stanza in poetry is a collection of ______

lines

Mark Twain did what to the Hawaiian Islands/Sandwich Islands

made people want to see Hawaii and live there

________ describes the rhythmic form of the language used in a poem

meter

_______ is the use of words that sound like they mean

onomatopoeia

understandment is a form of ______

poetic techique

What particular game or hobbie kept Twain going?

shooting pool

3 jobs that Mark Twain did

soldier, writer, riverboat pilot

At the age of 22, he became a ________, but what historical event caused him to leave the river for the wild west

steamboat pilot; Henry his younger brother died in a steamboat accident and the Civil War

Halley's Comet in 1835 was seen with what

the naked eye

Twain would have been rich if he invested in what

the telephone

Twain used Satire to master his writing style and depend what people

the underdogs, blacks, poor, chinese, and Indians

in poetry _______ is the emotional coloring of the work

tone

Assonance refers to repetition of _______ sounds

vowel

Mark Twain, the most famous realist wrote several hit stories

~ The Jumping Frog ~ Innocents Abroad ~ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) ~ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) ~ Roughing It ~ The Gilded Age ~ Connecticut Yankee in King Authurs Court ~ The Empire City Massascre ~ The Adventures on the Mississippi River

Twain had how many children?

~Langdon - son died of diptheria and not even a year old ~Susie - 1st daughter died at 24 of spilt megois ~ Clara - daughter married at Stormfield had a nervous break down ~Jean - daughter died of a heartattack

Finally give two reasons for the selection of the pen name Mark Twain

~two fathoms in the depth of the Mississippi ~ he liked the way it sounded ~ order two beers in a western saloon

Working with president Grant Twain founded the New York publishing house. What else did he do for president Grant

~write his memoirs ~Grant died of throat cancer

When Twain married __________ __________, he was 34 and she was ________

Olivia (Livvy) Langdon; 25 or 26

Mark Twain's writing career began with his brother, ________, at this paper, ____________ __________ ____________, in ____________ Nevada

Orion; Daily Territorial Enterprise; Virginia City

In 1907 he received an honorary degree from this university

Oxford + Yale

He was so loved because why

he wanted equality and treated everyone equal

What can we say about him as a father?

he was a great father spent a lot of time with them and loved him dearly

Complete this statement of irony. Twain a former _______ deserter, restored the famous general of the north _________ _________ reputation

Confederate; USA; Grants

Bankrupt at the age of 60 what did he do to reclaim his fortune?

European Liature Tour

Twain's town was located along the banks of what river

Mississippi River

This Estate in Reading, Connecticut was his final resting place

Stormfield

shot arrows at the most powerful is what

a metaphor

Mark Twain was always photographed in what

a white suit

A dozen young girls ages 10-16 made his last years worthwhile what did he call them

angelfish

alliteration is the repetition of the same sound in the _______ of a word

begininng

______ is a second meaning of a word

connotation

Explain what put an end to his writing career

death of his daughter and wife natural death + dieases

In Hannibal, Missouri what was it like

everyone was poor and no one knew it

hyperbole metaphor and simile are all forms of ______

figurative language

Mark Twain that he would come in with what and come back out with what

he came in with Halley's Comet and went out with it too

When Mark Twain went bankrupt what did he say

he said that he is going to pay it all