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Requirement:   3-5 typed pages, 12 point font, double-spaced, APA formatted with quotations incorporated
 
Grading:   100 points, Summative Assessment, see rubric below
 
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Huck and Jim fishing, original 1884 publication image

 
Topic:   Compose an informative essay in which you explain how Mark Twain uses satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. You will begin by giving a working definition of satire and introducing Twain as a satirist. You will then present three different examples of satire from the novel, including quotations from relevant passages, explanations of how each passage is satire (including types and devices of satire used), and an analysis of what Twain’s message was concerning humanity or society. Your essay must contain a minimum of THREE (3) direct quotations from the novel itself, incorporated using APA format.
 
You will also be scored based on your ability to organize your information, your maintenance of a formal style and objective tone, your incorporation of vocabulary words from this unit into your writing, and your demonstration of a command of the conventions in writing.
 
I will be looking primarily at these things in your paper:

  1. Do you show that you understand satire and the ways that Twain uses it?   Do you have sufficient examples to demonstrate his use of satire in this novel?
  2. Have you supported your ideas and analyses with quotations from the novel? Have you incorporated them into your text appropriately, according to APA formatting?
  3. Are your examples introduced, connected to one another by common themes, and summarized effectively so that the reader is able to follow your entire explanation?
  4. Have you demonstrated your ability to write informatively with a formal tone, including appropriate vocabulary and grammar?

Quotations(explain more)
    1.”Next Sunday we all went to church…… the men took their guns along.” This quote shows satire because the two families, the grangerfords hepherdsons, were showing hypocrisy because the families states hat hey are “good Christians” because they go to church; however, they don’t practice it and they are out killing innocent people. The author wanted to show how irrational people can be. Not only were they killing each other but they didn’t know why they were.

  1. “Ransomed? What’s that?””I don’t know. But that’s what thy do. I’ve seen it in books. Twains main target of Romanticism is Tom Sawyer. Tom emphasizes Romantic fiction because Tom thinks by the book.
  2. Hucks dad, pap, is a satire of an average person during this time period. He is very racist, ignorant, and very inconsiderate. “

 
4.Religious hypocrisy is also viewed by miss Watson because she is very religious and is trying to teach huck good ways but she is still stuck in her bad ways. “she told me to pray everyday”. How can she teach someone bout religion when she owns slaves? How religious is that?
Intro sentence: Mark Twain used Satire throughout his book to reveal the imperfections of the Southern society.
Thesis:(transition word of writers choice), Mark Twain emphasizes satire by suing romanticism, religion , and also racism.