Mark Twain Literary Devices - 1441 Words

In any work of writing an author has to use humor or literary devices to get his or her point across. A literary device is a technique used by an author to produce a special effect on his or her writing. On November 30th, 1835 a great author was born. His real name was Samuel Clemens, but went by a pen name of â€Å"Mark Twain†. For his time no one wrote like Twain because of his unique use of literary devices. His writing was hilarious and told the truth. There are three main ways that Mark Twain uses these different devices. Twain specifically uses the literary elements of tone, hyperboles and understatements. Every author uses these devices to get attention on their story so it would or will sell well, the way these devices are used makes†¦show more content†¦He exaggerated a story about some visitors who had fared it rough with local Indians and created a whole battle where the immigrants had all died. Twain is joking saying that he may make up a lot of stories of fights with the Native Americans to fill his columns in the paper. A second example from â€Å"Roughing It† that shows his joking, but true tone is on page 710 of â€Å"Roughing It† lines 78-86, when Twain writes; â€Å"...and the universal navy revolver - slung to my belt. But I secured a more conservative costume and discarded the revolver. I never had occasion to kill anybody, nor ever felt a desire to do so, but had worn the thing in deference to popular sentiment, and in order that I might not, by it’s, be offensively conspicuous and subject of remark.† This quote is related to his outfit and how he had worn the revolver then gotten rid of it but first had worn it in front of everyone so he wouldn’t feel out of place. This shows Twain’s joking but, real tone because he is joking about his fear that he would be stereotyped for not wearing a revolver. 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