Twain’s Use of Satire in Chapter 6: Constructed Response
Now that you have revisited chapter 6 to analyze Twain’s use of satire during
Pap’s government speech, you will read a piece of literary criticism that
discusses the significance of this passage. Your task is to read and annotate
the article, “The Significance of Pap’s Drunken Diatribe Against the
Government in Huckleberry Finn” by Edward Piacentino and use this criticism
to write a constructed response that addresses the following:
How does Twain use Pap’s character as a tool to ridicule the society in which
he lived?
You will be graded on the following:
Literary Criticism Annotations:
Five IVF summary sentences throughout the text – 5 pts.
Specific words/diction are purposefully pulled from the text – 5 pts.
There is evidence of engagement with the text through the rephrasing of
difficult sentences – 5 pts.
Constructed Response:
There are 8 detailed sentences. – 8 pts.
There are two direct quotes from the literary criticism to support your
response and they are properly cited with an in0text citation – 8 pts.
There is thorough explanation of the quotes and how it connects to the
events of the chapter – 8 pts.
Type your response below:
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