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 describes the king prancing on all fours, naked, and covered in bright stripes and colors “as splendid as a rainbow.” The exaggerated, absurd image is meant to make readers laugh, so the device is humor. The passage does not rely mainly on sarcasm or irony, and it is not specifically criticizing society through satire.

AI-written and checked against the verified answer.