LUCK

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LUCK by Mark Twain
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

• real name- Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• born in Missouri

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TWAIN also WROTE

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Twains Other Careers

• riverboat pilot
• prospector of gold
• printer
• lecturer

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LITERATURE TERMS CHARACTERIZATION--the way an
author brings a character to life (There are six
types of characterization)
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 1.
DIRECT--author describes a characters
personality



2. INDIRECT--author allows the reader to infer
characters personality for himself
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 3. ROUND
CHARACTER--character who has many sides 4.
FLAT CHARACTER--character with only one side
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SIX TYPES OF CHARACTERIZATION 5. STATIC
CHARACTER--character who does not change
throughout the entire story 6. DYNAMIC
CHARAC-TER--character who changes throughout the
story
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METAPHOR--direct comparison SIMILE--comparison
using like or as
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IRONY--the opposite of what is expected VERBAL
IRONY--say one thing, yet mean the opposite
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HYPERBOLE--great exaggeration FRAME STORY--a
story within a story
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DIALOGUE-- conversation between two (or among
more) characters