1a. Why did Sam (Mark Twain) and his pals 1b. Explain why the job of cub engineer might
despise the cub engineer so much?
not have been as glorious as the boys
imagined
2a. Describe Hannibal, Missouri, in the riverboat 2b. Life on the Mississippi was written after
the Civil War, in a time of great expansion
and industrial change. Why might Twain's
description of Hannibal have appealed to
readers?
days.
3a. State the tasks involved in the job steam-
boatman. Which task was the most desir-
able? Why?
3b. What seems to be the main reason the boys
wanted to work on a steamboat?
4a. What parts of the story are exaggerations?
4b. Which lines or parts from Twain's memoir
do you find humorous?
5a. Trace how Twain's experience as a riverboat
pilot is evident in this selection.
5b. If you were to write your memoirs, what
special knowledge could you share with
your readers?

The life of the typical college student is characterized by time pent in many different areas. how can this thesis statement be improved? typical college students spend their time in numerous ways and in various areas. the life of the average college student is mostly characterized by time and work spent in many different areas. the life of the average college student is characterized by time spent in many different areas. the life of the typical college student is characterized by time spent studying, attending class, and socializing with peers.

Chicago by carl sandburg hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders: they tell me you are wicked and i believe them, for i have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. and they tell me you are crooked and i yes, it is true i have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. and they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children i have seen the marks of wanton hunger. and having answered so i turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and i give them back the sneer and say to them: come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, bareheaded, shoveling, wrecking, planning, building, breaking, rebuilding, under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people, laughing! laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be hog butcher, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and freight handler to the nation. which type of figurative language does the poet use most often in "chicago"? a. rhyme b. simile c. metaphor d. personification

Is expression of words or ideas opposed to what is literally meant or expected called.