Unit8ExperienceandWisdomTextAAdvicetoYouthTextBHowtoGrowOld

TextABeforeReadingAbouttheAuthorandHisWorksExploretheWriter’sIdeasUnderstandingtheTextReadingBetweentheLinesExploretheWriter’sTechniquesIncreaseYourLanguageProficiencyFurtherExploration

BeforeReadingWriter’sIdeasWriter’sTechniquesLanguageProficiencyFurtherExploration1.AbouttheAuthorBiographyLiteraryStylesandThemes2.AboutHisWorksRepresentativeWorks

BiographyMarkTwain(1835-1910),anAmericannovelistandjournalist,bornSamuelLanghorneClemens,isknownforhissharpwitandpithycommentaryonsociety,politics,andthehumancondition.Heacquiredinternationalfameforhistravelnarrativesandhisadventurestoriesofboyhood,especiallyTheAdventuresofTomSawyerandTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.Usinghumorandsatire,herevealedinhiswritingsomeoftheinjusticesandabsurditiesofsocietyandhumanexistence.TwainwasmuchadmiredduringhislifetimeandrecognizedasanAmericanicon.HeisoneofAmerica’sbestandmostbelovedwriters.1.AbouttheAuthor

Biography1.AbouttheAuthorMarkTwainHouse,Hartford,Conn.

LiteraryStylesandThemesLiteraryStylesHumorousNarrative:Twainisbestknownforhishumorouswritingstyle,whichcombinessatire,irony,andwit.Hisstoriesoftendepicttheabsurditiesandfoiblesofhumannatureinahumorouslight,makingreaderslaughwhilealsoprovokingthought.Examples:TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnandTheAdventuresofTomSawyerbothshowcaseTwain’shumorousnarrativestyle,withcharactersengaginginmischievousadventuresandhumoroussituations.VernacularLanguage:Twainwasapioneerinusingvernacularlanguage,orcolloquialspeech,inhiswriting.HesoughttocapturetheauthenticvoiceoftheAmericanpeople,particularlythosefromtheSouthandMidwest.ThisstylemadehiswritingaccessibletoawideaudienceandcontributedtothedevelopmentofAmeri