The Invalid's Story Group

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jaredman007
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High School - 9th Grade

What is the style of The Invalid's Story?

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Posted by jaredman007 on Thursday February 15, 2007 at 7:20 PM and tagged with style, the invalid's story.

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  1. blazedale

    eNotes Editor

    Some style points in the story are:

    Humor: the story is amusing and written in a subtle but funny way

    Personification: The men refer to two inanimate objects—the gunbox and the cheese—as if they exhibit human qualities, a technique called personification

    Foreshadowing: The story uses the foreshadowing technique, for example, when he is telling his story, Twain's narrator gives away both causes of the conflict, the guns and the cheese

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/invalids-story/7155

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    Posted by blazedale on Thursday February 15, 2007 at 7:56 PM