1. Mark Twain & Friends
Mrs. Russell

2. Mark Twain

3. Twain Facts Samuel Langhorne Clemens
November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910
American author, humorist, and satirist
Grew up in Missouri
Riverboat Captain along the Mississippi River
Died of heart attack
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4. Halley’s Comet
"I came in with Halley’s Comet in It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together."

5. Quotes - NOW YOU FIND 1
“Man is the only animal that blushes – or has occasion to.”
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
All right, then, I'll go to hell.
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Buy land, they're not making it anymore.

6. Satire
Satire is the language to ridicule human weaknesses, vices, or stupidity, with the hopes of bringing about social change
Uses humor to criticize
Favorite modes
Hyperbole – an exaggeration to absurdity
Irony – stating the opposite of what is meant

7. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
This the cabin where Twain wrote the story
It’s on Jackass Hill in Toulumne, County California
It’s visited today by many and is a historical landmark.

8. TCJFOCC 1865 short story First great success as a writer
Brought Twain national attention
Main characters: Simon Wheeler (bartender); Jim Smiley (gambler); Leonidas W. Smiley
Look for conflicting cultures (especially the settled east and the unsettled west)