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Mark Twain´s life WROTE, TRAVELLED, POOR, TELLS, PUBLISHED, CONTINUED, DELIVERING, EARNED, MOVED, FAMOUS, GREW UP: Complete the text using the words: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, later known as Mark Twain, was born in the town of Florida, Missouri and …………. to Hannibal, on the Mississippi River, in where he ………. As a boy he …………… money for his ……………. family by helping a blacksmith, working in a grocery store, pharmacy and book store and ………… newspaper. GREW UP EARNED POOR DELIVERING MOVED

Mark Twain´s life WROTE, BECAME, TRAVELLED, POOR, TELLS, PUBLISHED, CONTINUED, DELIVERING, EARNED, MOVED, FAMOUS, GREW UP: At the age of 13, he quit school and went to work as a newspaper printer´s helper. His first known newspaper article was ………… in 1851 when Clemens was 16. At 18, he …… a printer´s apprentice. Then he started writing for various newspapers, ……….. to eastern US cities, took a steamboat to New Orleans, and tried prospecting for gold in Nevada and California. PUBLISHED BECAME TRAVELLED

Mark Twain´s life WROTE, TRAVELLED, POOR, TELLS, PUBLISHED,CO NTINUED, DELIVERING, EARNED, MOVED, FAMOUS, GREW UP: He ………….. to write for newspapers, adopted the pen name Mark Twain, and only later, at the age 41, published his first novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. His name actually is a riverboat term, similar to „measured two“, that ……… the pilot how deep the water is where the boat is travelling. CONTINUED TELLS

Mark Twain´s life WROTE, TRAVELLED, POOR, TELLS, PUBLISHED,CO NTINUED, DELIVERING, EARNED, MOVED, FAMOUS, GREW UP: Some of his ………… books that rely on Mississippi river as an important setting, are Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Life on the Mississippi. Twain travelled to Europe, India and other countries, where he ………….. many essays and short stories. FAMOUS WROTE

Mark Twain´s work He began his career as a humourist and story-teller Author of many stories, essays and newspaper articles His first newspaper article was published in 1851 His first well-known work was The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County He was fond of using misspellings, puns, and weirdly fashioned sentences for humorous effects The book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is sometimes banned in the US because of offensive language He created memorable characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer His masterpiece Published in 1876 A novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the early 1840s The story is set in the town of „St. Petersburg“, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived He intended that the book should be read by both children and adults In his words, Tom is a combination of characteristics of three boys he knew

Použité zdroje: Mark Twain. [online ]. [ cit ]. Dostupné z: < Adventures of Mark Twain. [online ]. [ cit ]. Dostupné z: < Autorem tohoto materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Dr. Anna Štiplová.