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    American Author and humorist. Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known for his pen name “Mark Twain” was an excellent writer. With the support of his family‚ friends‚ and wife he was able to write many inspirational books. Twain grew up in Hanninbal Missouri. Born in Florida. Son of Jane‚ a native of Kentucky and John Marshall Clemens a Virginian by birth. On November 30‚ 1835 Samuel was born 2 months premature and it seemed unlikely that Samuel would survive the harsh winter that was going on the

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    While reading “The Birthday Party”‚ the author achieves her purpose of showing how un-receptive the husband is towards his wife’s planned gift and blames her for doing something nice for him. Brush accomplishes this task through transitioning the mood that is apparent to the reader and draw emotion to the reader. Also‚ Brush shift between tones‚ which in turn affects how the reader perceives the characters of the husband and wife. Included in the tone of the author is a harsh vocabulary that portrays

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    Birthday Party” by Katherine Brush uses literary devices such as tone‚ point of view‚ diction‚ and sensory details to achieve her purpose. The title of this short story is very deceiving the tone is different from the tone of the story. The tone changes from happy to sad as soon as the cake is brought out. The women tried to show affection and love towards her husband by the cake but it was basically turned down. The point of view is through a random person who doesn’t know the couple at all.

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    Christened as Samuel Langhorne Clemens‚ Mark Twain was born on November 30‚ 1835 in the small river town of Florida‚ Missouri‚ just 200 miles from Indian Territory. The sixth child of John Marshall Clemens and Jane Lampton‚ Twain lived in Florida‚ Missouri until the age of four‚ at which time his family relocated to Hannibal in hopes of improving their living situation. By lineage‚ Twain was a Southerner‚ as both his parents’ families hailed from Virginia. The slaveholding community of Hannibal

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    November 30‚ 1835‚ in which one of the greatest American authors would be born; Samuel Longhorne Clemens‚ better known as Mark Twain. Writing over 12 novels and about 30 short stories Mark Twain is considered by many a strong figure and icon of American Literature; William Faulkner‚ another very good American Author titled Twain as “The father of American Literature” Twains writing career would begin in 1864‚ when he moved to San Francisco and began to write for various newspapers; during that

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    The Birthday Party I was finally turning thirteen years old and had an upcoming birthday party. I didn’t get very many presents and not very many people came. I didn’t get many presents because most of the people who came only gave me money and cards. I got one hundred dollars from my mother and with it I bought a Ripstik Caster Board and a Pandigital Novel 7” Android Tablet. Ever since I bought the Ripstik‚ I’ve ridden it every single day for P.E. I can do stunts with it like a front spin.

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    McKettrick 2 Mark Twain’s use of irony to express a better sense humor is displayed in many of his short stories. Such as “Luck”‚ in this story a clergyman explains how the “hero” was able to make mistakes and receive commendations and medals because acts of stupidity turned into acts of military intelligence. “He was appointed an officer‚ a captain of all things” (Twain‚ “Luck”)‚ the clergyman said for the reason that the stupid “hero” that had barely made it through basic training was appointed

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    popularity and fame of Mark Twain Place: United States Time: 1835-present Event summary: Whether it’s Superman for Clark Kent‚ or Jackie Chan for Chan Kong-Sang‚ Americans have always had a fascination for pseudonyms. However‚ there is one alias that supersedes all others and continues to influence readers around the world even a century later. Born Samuel L. Clemens in 1835‚ Mark Twain is widely considered the first truly American author. Even more fascinating that the fact that Twain “published more

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    re-entered the living room holding balloons and streamers to hang up on the walls. Then‚ staring at John’s pile of toys‚ she scowled and cleared it up. GUESTS Half an hour later‚ a silver Mercedes drove onto the driveway‚ followed by a mini cooper. John rushed up to the mini cooper and greeted Frieda and Jason. His mother was welcoming her little sister and playing with the newborn baby‚ Georgina. April was standing next to Georgina‚ tickling her tiny toes. Then‚ John’s Grandma came and parked her

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    Last year I celebrated my birthday exactly the way I wanted to. My parents had told me that I could ask them for anything on my birthday and I asked them to arrange a grand party for my friends. My mother is my best friend when it comes to inviting my friends home. She helped me to make invitation cards and to fill them up with names. She made a list of all the friends that I wanted to call and then made a card to send to each of my friends. The contents of each card were different so as

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