Excerpt from the adventures of huckleberry finn mark twain 1 you don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of the adventures of tom sawyer; but that ain't no matter. that book was made by mr. mark twain, and he told the truth, mainly. there was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. that is nothing. i never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was aunt polly, or the widow, or maybe mary. aunt polly--tom's aunt polly, she is--and mary, and the widow douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as i said before. which repeated word in the first paragraph is an intensifier, emphasizing the fact that the story of huck finn is more fiction than fact? a. ain't b. mainly c. matter d. without

The correct answer to which repeated word in the first paragraph is an intensifier, emphasizing the fact that the story is more fiction than fact is B. Mainly.

When the author says that "he told the truth, mainly" and "but mainly he told the truth", repeating not only the word "mainly" but also the entire sentence, it can be inferred that not everything told in the book is the truth. "Mainly" is a word that doesn't respond to what specifically wouldn't be true in the story; the reader just knows that something is fiction. It is almost like an ironic statement, because "mainly the truth" is not the truth, although it seems like he is trying to make the reader believe him. When the author repeats the word, it is almost like a reminder that the book doesn't tell the truth entirely, and, therefore, is a fiction. That is why the correct answer would be B. Mainly.

The correct answer wouldn't be A. Ain't, because the author doesn't repeat the word "ain't" in this paragraph.

The correct answer wouldn't be C. Matter, because, just like option A, the word "matter" is not repeated in this paragraph.

The correct answer wouldn't be D. Without, because, although this word is repeated in the paragraph, it isn't related to the fact that the story would be a fiction or not. It appears in the sentence "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was aunt Polly, or the widow (...)". In the first sentence the author is referring to how the reader must know him, by having read the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and that without having done that, there would be no other way. In the second sentence, the author is referring to a character also known from his other work mentioned. Therefore, the answer D. Without couldn't be the correct one.

i love cake

and don't hate

i know i'm fat

but what's wrong with that

i cant rap

but im sure ya know that

its just for fun

so quit hatin' son

~courtney

the god   the goddess of salt water, of fresh water   yet more powerful and perfect.