Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It didn't take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn't no kings nor dukes at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds. But I never said nothing, never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no quarrels, and don't get into no trouble. If they wanted us to call them kings and dukes, I hadn't no objections, 'long as it would keep peace in the family; and it warn't no use to tell Jim, so I didn't tell him. If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way. (p.121) In the passage above, Huck gives the reader the idea that something is going to happen with the duke and the Dauphin. What is this literary technique called?

Answer 1

The correct answer is foreshadowing.

Answer 2

The answer is foreshadowing.

Foreshadowing is a literary technique used to suggest that a series of events may occur in the development of the story.

In this excerpt from "Huckleberry Finn," Huck refers to the forgery of the King and Duke. He has realized that they are not really royals - they are indeed impostors. However, he decides not to tell anybody that he has doubts about them because he does not want to get into trouble.