Early in the novel, Tom's Aunt Polly says the following:

"I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows. Spare the rod and spile the child, as the good book says. I'm a-laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know."

What is Aunt Polly's speech an example of?

A.
Twain's use of humor

B.
Twain's use of satire

C.
Twain's use of dialect

D.
Twain's use of theme

Question

Early in the novel, Tom's Aunt Polly says the following: 

"I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth, goodness knows. Spare the rod and spile the child, as the good book says. I'm a-laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know." 

What is Aunt Polly's speech an example of?
  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
  Twain's use of humor   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
  Twain's use of satire   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
  Twain's use of dialect   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  Twain's use of theme

anonymous · Answer

B, satire :)