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
