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Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

. . . and the next minute the king come a-prancing out on all fours, naked; and he was painted all over, ring-streaked-and-striped, all sorts of colors, as splendid as a rainbow.

What does Twain use to convey how ridiculous the king looked on the second night of the show?
irony
satire
humor
sarcasm

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humor

Twain uses absurd, exaggerated description (the king prancing naked on all fours and painted like a rainbow) to create a comic, ridiculous image.