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Title: Do Now Quick Write


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Do Now/ Quick Write 12
  • There is a Scottish proverb that reads, a rich
    heart may be under a poor coat. What does this
    mean? Do you agree or disagree?

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Aim How does Twain use irony to expose
sivilization through Mrs. Loftus?
  • What is IRONY?
  • a literary term referring to how a person,
    situation, statement, or circumstance is not as
    would actually seem.
  • It violates the expectations of the character,
    reader, or audience.
  • It is a key tactic of the satirist.

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Aim How does Twain use irony to expose
sivilization through Mrs. Loftus?
  • Verbal
  • a speaker says one thing but means another, or
    when a literal meaning is contrary to its
    intended effect
  • Dramatic
  • actions possess a significance that the listener
    or audience understands, but the speaker or
    character does not.
  • Situational
  • when the result of an action is contrary to the
    desired or expected effect

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Aim How does Twain use irony to expose
sivilization through Mrs. Loftus?
  • Verbal
  • speaker exclaims, Im not upset! but reveals an
    upset emotional state through her voice while
    truly trying to claim she's not upset
  • Sarcasm
  • Dramatic
  • In Huck Finn, we know Huck is in disguise, but
    Mrs. Loftus does not.
  • Situational
  • The people in Emerald City believe the Wizard to
    have been a powerful deity, only to discover he
    was a bumbling eccentric old man.

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Aim How does Twain use irony to expose
sivilization through Mrs. Loftus?
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Aim How does Twain use irony to expose
sivilization through Mrs. Loftus?
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Aim How does Twain use irony to expose
sivilization through Mrs. Loftus?
  • Huck is not a girl
  • Cant thread a needle
  • Catches with his legs open
  • Throws like a girl
  • Mrs. Loftus is no lady
  • Shows hospitality to Huck but speaks of Jim like
    he is an animal to be hunted for
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