Huckleberry Finn

Chapters 1-5

Huck Finn Quiz for Ch. 1-5

Open note & open book! Time limit = 15 minutes!

1. Identify two specific examples (i.e., quotes) of satirical devices used in the novel and explain how they are used to create satire.
2. How does the novel function in Ch. 1-5 as . . .
1. a satirical novel?
2. a novel set in the antebellum American south?
3. a bildungsroman?
4. a picaresque?
5. the first “true” American novel?

Three additional satirical devices

1. Wordplay (including puns, innuendos, and double entendres - a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent)

• Allusion

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• Euphemism - the substitution of a mild or indirect expression for one considered to be too harsh or blunt

Class Competition

• Form a group of 2-3.
• Pull up my website (bit.ly/eh9site) and click the two satirical essay links on today’s agenda.
• Read the essays.
• Create two-column notes. On the left, list either a specific critique or a satirical device used (no need for quotes). On the right, explain exactly what is being critiqued or how the device develops the satire.
• Each member of the top three winning teams (judged on both quality & quantity) earns a free 100% grade on one Huck Finn quiz.
• Competition ends 2 min. before end of class.

Class Competition

• exaggeration
• juxtaposition
• oversimplification
• paradox
• irony (verbal / situational / dramatic)
• parody
• caricature
• diatribe
• hyperbole
• understatement

• black humor
• blue humor
• Freudian slip
• repartee
• blunder

Huckleberry Finn

Chapters 6-11

Huck Finn Quiz for Ch. 6-11

No book; no notes. 10 minutes!

• Provide two things that define Huck Finn as a sympathetic character & explain.
• Provide two things that define him as a problematic character & explain.