"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is one of the most famous tall tales written by an amazing author of the west‚ Mark Twain. His popularity has mainly arisen from his "Huckleberry Finn" stories‚ but the "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was one of his first stories and the one that brought him into notice to the public. When he was writing for newspapers‚ he was also traveling a great deal‚ for example to California. On the ship he made acquaintance of Bret Hart and
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A jumping frog‚ a deuce of clubs nailed to a tree‚ and gamblers all come from two very different yet similar stories. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain and “The Outcast of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte have similar and different regionalistic qualities. The narrators in the “Notorious Jumping Frog of Calavaras County” and “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” have different regionalistic qualities. “ In compliance with… garrulous old Simon Wheeler and inquired after… and I hereunto
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In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ Mark Twain specifically uses this story to describe people. In this story‚ he uses details about people. If someone pronounces something different‚ he spells the word with how they pronounced it. Twain’s character‚ Simon Wheeler‚ uses pronunciation this way. Twain uses a lot of details to describe the characters. Simon is “fat and baldheaded” and another character‚ Jim Smiley‚ is “always betting on anything”. All the main characters are described
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English 11 Name: Luis Aguilar “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country” --Mark Twain Target: I can analyze what the text says directly and indirectly utilizing evidence from the text. Directions: Define each vocabulary word using a dictionary. Compliance-the action or fact of complying with a wish or command. Garrulous-excessively talkative‚ especially on trivial matters. Append-add (something) as an attachment or supplement. Conjectured- form an opinion or supposition about (something)
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In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ Mark Twain creates some memorable characters. The longer a character appears‚ the more sides you see of them and the more believable they become. They contrasted with what Easterners of the era expected‚ which made them even more appropriate‚ realistic‚ and likable. The main protagonist in the story is a man in Simon Wheeler’s narration named Jim Smiley. Showing many sides to his character‚ Jim is obviously a round character‚ showing emotions including
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How Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog is a reflection of realism‚ but also has a hint of naturalism. * The first reason I believe that realism is exemplified is the way in which the story is set up: two men engaging in conversation‚ with basic and general mannerisms for the era and time which it takes place. Also‚ realism also usually reflects dialect and culture (as can naturalism) which is clearly portrayed. “Well‚ thish-yer Smiley…”(Lauter 58) and “I’ve got my opinion‚ and I’ll resk forty dollars
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and exaggeration. Combining these two forms of writing or literature increases the interest of the story as well as the humor. Mr.Twain switches the two every so often‚ which never leaves the reader bored or uninterested.Within the story of The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ it is literally a story about nothing‚ but the reader does not realize‚ because of the regional dialects of the different places which adds to the humorous portion of the text due to the way the characters speak. We see examples
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A Puzzle on Leap Frog Jumping (With a surprising result) By N.D.Prabhakar Board: Men placed at grid points • A jump move involves two adjacent pieces (men) along same row or same column • No cross-wise jump • After a jump‚ the man must land on a vacant position‚ and the man who is jumped over gets removed from the board • A piece can jump over only one piece in one move Red ‚ Yellow and Violet pieces can not jump Green can jump right over blue Blue can jump left over green Blue can jump
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Use of Customs‚ Dialect and Social Status In "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Mark Twain’s "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story with the lesson that what goes around comes around. In this short story‚ which first appeared in 1856 and his first successful story‚ Twain uses local customs of the time‚ dialect‚ and examples of social status in his story to create a realistic view of the region in which the story takes place. The way that the characters
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In Mark Twain’s famous short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calvary County" the author receives a letter that tells him to inquire information about a man named Leonidas W. Smiley. He finds a man by the name of Simon Wheeler and is told the stories of Smiley. As he listens to the stories that Simon Wheeler tells he realizes that fry little of the stories could be true. To make this short story humorous Mark Twain uses many literary devices and techniques; however‚ three essential ones are
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