In Tom Sawyer, Tom cries, “My! Look behind you, aunt!” and escapes. What does this show about Tom?

When Tom meets a new boy, he says, “I can lick you!” What does this show about Tom?

At the fence, Tom asks, “Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?” What trait does this reveal?

When Becky may be punished, Tom shouts, “I done it!” What does this show about Tom?

Lost in the cave, Tom says, “It is horrid, but I better, Becky; they might hear us, you know,” and shouts again. What does this show?

After finding the treasure, Tom says, “I reckon I was right to think of fetching the little bags along.” What does this show?

When Tom imagines running away, Twain writes, “No, he would be a pirate! That was it!” What does this show about Tom?

After Tom tricks her, “His aunt Polly stood surprised a moment, and then broke into a gentle laugh.” What does her reaction tell about Tom?

While Tom whitewashes, “...Ben watching every move and getting more and more interested, more and more absorbed.” What does Ben’s reaction tell?

When Tom says the fence is done, “Aunt Polly placed small trust in such evidence.” What does her reaction tell about Tom?

At church, “Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him.” What does the children’s reaction tell about Tom?

After Tom testifies, “Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the young.” What does this response show?

Twain says Aunt Polly speaks “loud enough for the furniture to hear.” How does this wording shape the voice?

Twain writes, “She resurrected nothing but the cat,” after Aunt Polly searches under the bed. What does this wording add?

Twain says Tom walked with “his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude.” What does this wording create?

Twain writes that Tom gave up the brush with “reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart.” What tone does this create?

Twain says Tom would have “bankrupted every boy in the village” if he had more whitewash. What does this exaggeration do?

Aunt Polly says, “Ain’t he played me tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time?” What does her dialect help readers hear?

Tom answers Aunt Polly, “Yes’m,” and later, “No’m—well, not very much.” What does this dialect help show?

Huck says, “Looky-here, Tom, being rich ain’t what it’s cracked up to be.” What does Huck’s dialect help show?