The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
2. What is the literary movement?American Realism
3. What is the setting era?Mid-19th century (1830s-1840s)
4. What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer about?It is a story about a boy named Tom who lives in a town on the Mississippi River and goes on exciting adventures like treasure hunts and clever tricks.
5. Where does the story take place?The book is set in a fictional town called St. Petersburg, Missouri, during the 1830s and 1840s, near the Mississippi River.

American Realism: A literary movement that aimed to portray life accurately and truthfully, without idealization.
Vernacular: The everyday language spoken by people in a particular country or region.
Antebellum Period: The period in the history of the Southern United States before the Civil War (roughly 1815-1860).