1. Extended Narrative: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Learning Map Review

2. Author’s Craft Plot Structure Characterization Themes
Student Learning Map
Author’s Craft
Elements of Fiction, Diction, POV, Author’s Perspective, Author’s Purpose, Contextualization
Plot Structure
Characterization
Themes

3. Author’s Craft: Great American Novel
Elements of Fiction
Setting
Characters
Subjects/Themes
Relevance within its time period and beyond

4. particular to a specific region or social group. Snapshot of America
Diction
Local Color Realism
Language: Dialect
a particular form of
a language that is
particular to a specific
region or social group.
Snapshot of America

5. recognized/respected American author— 50 years old
Point of View
Narrator: uneducated
rebellious child
Author :
educated and
recognized/respected
American author—
50 years old

6. Author’s Perspective
Childhood--Mississippi River-similar town in 1840s
Ambition: Steamboat Pilot—disrupted by the
Civil War
Writes as an adult reflecting on the place of his youth

7. Author’s Purpose Reflecting on America before the Civil War
Mark Twain is known for his satire—attacking or mocking aspects of society by making them appear ridiculous or exaggerated
Purpose: social commentary

8. Contextualization: When?
Setting:
1840s
Publication:
1885
Reader Context:
2013

9. Plot Structure
Structure:
Episodic
Three Part Story

10. Protagonist: Huckleberry Finn Antagonist(s): Society
Characterization
Protagonist: Huckleberry Finn
Antagonist(s): Society

11. Twain’s Subjects (Big Three Topics): Human Nature--Failings
Themes
Twain’s Subjects (Big Three Topics):
Human Nature--Failings
Race Relations
Romantic Adventure

12. Final Note
This is AMERICA during that time period—Twain sees it as some may see OUR America in the near FUTURE (40 years from now—within your lifetime)!
What can we learn from this book— about literature, about life, and about ourselves?