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?

Twain uses humor by describing the king as prancing on all fours, naked, and painted in bright stripes and colors. The exaggerated, absurd image makes the king look ridiculous and is intended to amuse the reader. Satire may use humor to criticize, but this passage chiefly conveys the comic appearance itself.

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