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aCTIVITy 4.8
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14. What is the level of comedy of this text? What is a universal truth, or theme, of this text? Write a thematic statement. Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
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Twain – “All in a Day’s Work”
Level of Comedy: Theme subject(s):
Theme statement:
Check Your Understanding
WRITING to SOURCES Expository Writing Prompt
Explain how Mark Twain uses comic characters and situations to convey a universal truth through humor. Be sure to:
• Establish a controlling idea and support it with textual evidence and commentary.
• Use transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
• Use precise diction and maintain a formal style.
• Use verbals.
Elements of Humor
Add your notes about comic situations to the Elements of Humor graphic organizer in Activity 4.11.
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Read and Research
Research other humorous works by Mark Twain. Choose one of these works and create a one-paragraph summary of a comic situation in your Reader/ Writer Notebook. Note the level of comedy and identify the theme statement.
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