Objective: Find Satire and Irony in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Satire: the use of wit (Humor), especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize, mock and
make fun of human faults
Irony: something said or written that uses humor based on words suggesting the opposite of
their literal meaning; something that happens that is incongruous with what might be expected
to happen, especially when this seems absurd or laughable
In the chart below, keep track all the subjects Twain mocks: Human Flaws: greed, religion and
superstition, hypocrisy, discrimination, ignorance.
“Says”
(page/s).
Means
(Explain Context)
What is Twain mocking
and what is his purpose in
doing so?
(Effect on the reader)