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Author Study: Mark Twain and the American Voice — Homework
Review Twain's biography and his vernacular-narration innovation before answering.
- 1.Explain the origin of Mark Twain's pen name.
- 2.Explain what "vernacular narration" means and why it was an innovation in Twain's time.
- 3.Restate Hemingway's claim about Huckleberry Finn in your own words.
- 4.In four or more sentences, explain why it matters to be honest about both a classic author's achievement and the real complexities of their most famous work.
- 5.Name the Missouri town that became the model for the fictional St. Petersburg.
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