In this excerpt, Twain most likely uses humour to highlight the absurdity of the father's sentiment. This is done in order to portray Huck's father as uneducated and ignorant. The father tells Huck that he does not see the importance of school. Moreover, he thinks school is damaging because it will teach Huck to feel superior to his dad, who is unlikely to have attended school.

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Which phrases describe ways in which fiction writers manipulate time? (Select all that apply.)

FromTheMoon [43]

The phrases which describe ways in which fiction writers manipulate time are;

describing or hinting at future events
describing a scene that occurred before the story began.
leaving out several stages of the plot

<h3>How can time be manipulated by fiction writers?</h3>

Time can be manipulated using various techniques which includes flashbacks, parallel timelines, flashforwards and foreshadowing. Unlike real life, time in a novel can be used to tell the story events in a different order, shorten boring bits or fill in the background in interesting pieces, for example.