SHORT ANSWER
**'s indicate most important imo

In the abovementioned meeting with autry, I also discussed the short answer questions; he revealed that they would not be primarily over the literary terms as they have in the past but rather over motifs among other things. E.g. I asked him specifically about the altruism (doing good for others) of huck and autry verfied that as a great example of the kind of question he is going to ask for, but said that particular example wasn’t on it- he expects us to define it and then give a short connection to a certain character or event in the novel. the following is the best I can manage as far as predicting words to know/know how to apply:

*motif*- recurring structures, contrasts, lit. evices- developes themes- e.g. cons, lies, childhood, superstition

*pacifism*- a person against all conflicts (e.g. war)- huck exhibits this when he feels sorry for the con-men who have wronged him as he sees them tarred and feathered

realism- accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth- e.g. huck’s take upon reality

*pragmatism*- similar to realism- governed by practicality and not by passions- does what works- e.g. huck when he wants to do the practical thing to free jim over the romantic one

*romantic*- not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic- e.g. tom’s approach to freeing jim, and tom’s gang of robbers in the beginning- he is delusional

*inferiority complex*- exhibited in huck- a sense of personal inferiority brought about from abuse and misguided culture that says being civilized makes you superior

*set piece*- the plot is stopped and people go out of character in order to make a satire- e.g. the bad poetry of emmiline and the argument between jim and huck about kings

*hypocrisy*- insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have- e.g. terrible crimes go unpunished, but drunken shouting is punished by execution- “sivilized” society has worse morals than “unsivilized” society but still considers itself higher and somehow better

aristocracy- the way there is a small ruling class- e.g. tom’s family- they all want to be middle class though- [kingship- same as aristocracy more or less]

conscience- the guiding “voice” that each individual develops to determine right from wrong, may be influenced by society (twain believes)- e.g. distorted consciences that rationalize slavery- huck breaks away

*situational irony* – when a certain result is expected and the opposite happens- e.g. in chapter 15 "We could sell the raft and get on a steamboat and go way up the Ohio amongst the free states, and then be out of trouble." -Huck believes life will be perfect if they are able to get down the river, but in reality slavery rules are harsher there and there is a wacked sense of justice (see sherbern for warrant)

superstition- see post hoc

*post hoc*- a Latin phrase meaning "after this, therefore because of this," is a logical fallacy confusing cause and effect with chronology. e.g. just because I wake up every morning before the sun rises doesn't mean that the sun rises because I wake up- e.g. the superstition of jim- he believes that because he does something and another thing happens after it, the first thing (e.g. touching a snake skin or having a hair chest) caused the second