1. Personal Facts. Birth, death, marriage, children, private tragedies, etc.
   
   
   
   
2. Halley?s Comet. Discover the tie between the Comet and Mark Twain.
   
   
   
   
3. Childhood influences. Explain how living in Hannibal, Missouri and working in a print shop affected his writing.
   
   
   
   
4. Wanderlust. Describe his travels and how they were incorporated into his works.
   
   
   
   
5. Mississippi River. ? Find as many connections as you can between the river and Twain?s writings. (Don?t forget his pen name.)
   
   
   
   
6. Journalist. Trace his career in newspapers and the beginnings of his humorous pieces.
   
   
   
   
7. Hartford Years. Identify major works he produced and their themes.
   
   
   
   
8. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Explore the controversies surrounding this work.
   
   
   
   
9. Assessment. Based on your findings, decide the place Mark Twain deserves to have in American literature,

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