Review/Preview 4/13

Mark Twain was born in ________, Missouri. 

• Hannibal
• St. Petersburg
• Florida
• St. Louis

Mark Twain is the pen name for __________. 

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens
• Ernest Hemmingway
• Charles Dickens
• John Marshall

Mark Twain's childhood home was located on the ___________River. 

• Missouri
• Mississippi
• Ohio
• Wabash

Twain quit school and went to work for his brother Orion working  in the _______ business. 

• steamboat 
• writing
• mining 
• newspaper

When Twain was only 11 his life changed when his _______died. 

• father
• mother
• brother
• sister

Twain's father was a country lawyer and ran a general store.  
Is this sentence written in active or passive voice?

• active
• passive

The river was explored by Twain daily. 
Is this sentence written in the passive or active voice? 

• active
• passive

_____voice indicates that the subject of the sentence is performing the action. 

• active
• passive

_____voice indicates that the subject of the sentence is the recipient of the action. 

• active
• passive

A __________is the imitation of someone else's style for comedic effect.  

• Farce
• Parody
• Satire
• Irony