Question

Read these lines from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and complete the sentences that follow.

I felt very good; I judged I had done it pretty neat . . . I reckoned Tom Sawyer couldn’t a done it no neater himself. Of course he woulda thrown more style into it, but I can’t do that very handy, not being brung up to it.

The use of
formal language
in the excerpt above helps accomplish the Twain’s objective to capture the essence of people from different regions. He uses this technique to make the story more
credible
, which is one of the main characteristics of
romantic
literature.

Answer 1

I felt very good; I judged I had done it pretty neat . . . I reckoned Tom Sawyer couldn’t a done it no neater himself. Of course he woulda thrown more style into it, but I can’t do that very handy, not being brung up to it.

The use of 1.____ in the excerpt above helps accomplish the Twain’s objective to capture the essence of people from different regions. He uses this technique to make the story more 2.___ , which is one of the main characteristics of 3.____ literature.

1. dialects
formal language

2. credible
serious
funny

3. romantic
nineteenth century
realist

Answer 2

1. Notice the diction and grammar. The speaker is *not* using standard English. That's because it takes place in the antebellum South, along the Mississippi, from a narrator that is not formally educated. Using this particular way of speaking helps establish the setting.

2. Building on the previous point, this type of speaking helps make the setting feel immersive and believable. It wouldn't make sense for this character to be speaking proper English.

3. Immediately, you can eliminate "romantic." Romantic writing tends to be very imaginitive and sensory, whereas this type of writing is very literal and honest.

Answer 3

With that said, do you have any guesses or ideas as to what the three blanks are?