Comm 1 Assignment

1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

         Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens who lived in Hartfort for several years and is the author of Huckleberry Fin which is a classic American novel.

2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 

        Mark Twain's house in Farmington Avenue called Nook Farm was very elaborate and elegant and he was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.

3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 

          Windows and a balcony overlook the large side porch of Mark Twain's house in which it reminds the people of a steamboat that Twain piloted in Mississippi in his youth.

4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 

          The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven and Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartfort to own one, but there was practically no one to talk to so he never really liked the newfangled gadget. 

5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

       Mark Twain loved industrial inventions and one of these was the elaborate Paige typesetter, but he lost a fortune investing in them because unfortunately, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype machine that was much simpler and less expensive.

6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

          Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in their Hartford home and Twain never felt the same about the house again so he soon left the house and returned only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.