By Derryle Brown

1. Mark Twain
An Analysis On His Writing Styles
Derryle Brown

2. Who is Mark Twain?
• Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida,
Missouri, Samuel L. Clemens wrote under the
pen name Mark Twain and went on to pen
several novels, including two major classics of
American literature, The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
He was also a riverboat pilot, journalist,
lecturer, entrepreneur and inventor.

3. Twain’s Works
• BEST KNOWN FOR:
• An adventurer and wily intellectual, Mark
Twain wrote the classic American novels The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.
• Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
• The Innocents Abroad
• Roughing It

4. Works Continued
• Received patent for self-pasting scrapbook,
one invention that made money for Mark
Twain.
• Life on the Mississippi
• Mark Twain's Memory Builder Game put on
the market, his third patent.

5. “Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
-Mark Twain

6. Writing Style
Although Mark Twain
created his characters A common theme which was
present in all of Mark Twain's
with harsh racist ideals, short stories that were read was
these ideals are exactly his satirical style of writing. He
what made Twain's commonly used satire in stories
to evoke a response in readers –
writing so true to life. his form was mainly used to
Twain used realism in his compel the reader to pause and
writing to shock and reflect on his literature. Mark
Twain wrote in a funny and
educate his readers. sarcastic style that would
Before Twains writing, entertain any reader. Sometimes,
literature was thought to his choice of words and the way
he foretold certain events and
be more of an even the layout of his short
entertainment rather stories was even ironic.
than an education.

7. Etc…
• http://www.biography.com/people/mark-
twain-9512564

9. •The End .