Huck Finn Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Stretchers | lies, stretching the truth |
| commence | to begin |
| gwyne | going |
| going over | scolding/fussed at |
| galoot | a clumsy person |
| down in de bills | determined before hand |
| camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and last several days |
| fan-tods | the nervous fidgets |
| sold | sell |
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| ornery | ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper |
| Cairo | a town at the southern tip of Illinois at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers |
| the quality | ... |
| Muddy | ... |
| hived | to steal...robbed |
| bilgewater | silly talk |
| black slouch | a felt hat with a floppy rim |
| sand in my craw | courage |
| sassed | to talk back |
| theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work |
| foreshadowing | An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story |
| whats your lay | ... |
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