2. zPlease sit in your study groups. zGet a copy of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the box in the front of the room. zTake out your notebooks and open to the Literary Concepts section.

3. Vernacular zeveryday spoken language zinformal language znon-academic, non-standard language

4. Dialect zThe version of a language spoken by people of a particular region or cultural group. yDialects are cultural or regional zDiffers from the “standard” language in grammar, vocabulary, and usage. zDifferent from an “accent.” zLIST OF ENGLISH DIALECTSLIST OF ENGLISH DIALECTS

5. List of dialects of the English language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American English zCultural yAfrican-American Vernacular English yChicano English yGeneral American yNew York Latino English yPennsylvania Dutchfield English yYeshivish yYinglish

6. List of dialects of the English language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American English Regional zInland Northern American English (includes western and central upstate New York)Inland Northern American Englishwesterncentral upstate New York zMid-Atlantic dialects zInland North American (Lower peninsula of Michigan, northern Ohio and Indiana, the suburbs of Chicago, part of eastern Wisconsin and upstate New York)Inland North AmericanLower peninsula of MichiganOhioIndianaChicagoWisconsinNew York zNorth Central American English (primarily Minnesota, but also most of Wisconsin, the Upper peninsula of Michigan, and parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa)North Central American EnglishMinnesotaWisconsinUpper peninsula of MichiganNorth DakotaSouth DakotaIowa zMidland American EnglishMidland American English zSouthern EnglishSouthern English zWestern EnglishWestern English

7. zREAD “Introduction” (pages 267-270). Answer the following questions in writing as you read: 1.“People…enjoy it on more than one level” (p. 267, para. 2). What are the different levels the book can be read and enjoyed from? 2.What are the “matters of urgent concern to young Americans today” that the book deals with? 3.PEOPLE IN ACTION: From what perspective is the book narrated? How does this affect the reader’s perspective? 4.GAMES, LIES AND THE TRUTH: What “concern” is at the core of this novel? 5.READING IN DEPTH: How does Twain use language differently in this book? 6.What is VERNACULAR? 7.What did novelist Ernest Hemingway write about Huckleberry Finn (quote)? 8.Identify and explain the two different types of IRONY. 9.What are the two main SYMBOLS in this novel? 10.VOCABULARY OF SPECIAL TERMS: What kinds of words may be unfamiliar?

8. INTERNET RESEARCH HOMEWORK zSpend 30 MINUTES reading AT LEAST THREE ACADEMIC Internet sites relating to the controversies surrounding the book. yTYPE “HUCK FINN CONTROVERSY” or “HUCK FINN DEBATED” or “BANNED BOOKS” into a search engine on the Internet. zFill out the chart (at least 10 points on each side). yWrite down your Internet sources.