Honors English 3 Regionalism

What does Wheeler say that Dan'l Webster can do better than any other frog?

jump distances

frame story

story within a story

Simon Wheeler

the man who was met, old western accent, old, loves to talk

Two means of conveying setting that are commonly found in regional literature are:

the use of dialects; and detailed descriptions of location

Why does Piney suggest that the group tell stories?

to distract them from the lack of food

What is Wheeler's purpose in telling the tale about Jim Smiley?

to pass the time

narrator

unnamed, highly educated, is from the east

An example of hyperbole in this tale is Wheeler saying Smiley

will follow a bug to Mexico

What name did Smiley give to the frog? (lines 105-106)

Dan'l Webster

Who wrote "The Story of an Hour"?

Kate Chopin

The plan to solve post-war problems was called the

Reconstruction

Why does Wheeler mention Jim Smiley?

Wheeler believes Leonidas and Jim may be the same person

What effect did the first transcontinental railroad have on the United States?

a boom in population and expanded industry and connected different corner of the United States

Andrew Jackson

a dog, won dog fights

Dan'l Webster

a frog, wins frog jumping contest

The narrator's attempt to leave when Wheller is out of the room suggest that he

believes that Wheeler will never stop talking

The use of dialect

distinctive forms of language spoken in particular areas or by particular groups of people

key elements of setting in regional literature include the following:

geographical location and physical features; the time in which the events take place; the jobs and daily activities of the characters; and the culture of the characters

After she cries, Mrs. Mallard

goes alone to her room

What is the point of view for The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

First and third; frame story

How do Mr. and Mrs. Mallard feel about each other?

He loves her, and she loves him at times

Paraphrase the passage written in dialect in lines 29-56. What point is Simon Wheeler making about Smiley?

He would bet on anything, even people dying. He would bet on impulse

What external conflict does Mrs. Mallard face after hearing of her husband's death?

Josephine wants her to open the door

feminism authors

Kate Chopin; H.B Stowe; Edith Wharton

regionalism authors

Mark Twain; Bret Hart; Willow Cather

What can you conclude when the Duchesses finds a stack of firewood?

Mr. Oakhurst knew he would never see her again

Why does Tom have to retell the Iliad when Piney suggests that they tell stories?

Oakhurst and the outcast women do not wish to share their own stories

naturalism

Stephen Crane; Jack London; Frank Norris

Which description of Dan'l Webster uses the tall tale technique of understatement?

a frog needs only an education to do something

Jim Smiley

a gambler, is "uncommonly lucky", educates animals in a specific way

The narrator suspects that Leonidas W. Smiley is

a made-up person

theme

a message the writer wants readers to understand or a perception about life the writer wants to share

Using elements of local color, describe the setting in which the narrator meets Simon Wheeler

a mining camp, a bar room, and western dialect

the time in which the events take place

a season of the year or a historical period

13th amendment

abolished slavery

Mr. Oakhurst is calm when he becomes an outcast from Poker Flat because he

accepts fate as a gambler does

Reread lines 110-11. How does the dialect in this sentence, and throughout the paragraph, help to charatize the frog?

adss humor and character; frog is personified, called modest, straightforward, and gifted

The outcasts ignore Mr. Oakhurst's urging to continue toward Sandy Bar because they

are all tired from traveling

Use the context clues to choose the best meaning of "bannanner" in the dialect of the following excerpt: "Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner...."

banana

Richards rushes to tell Mrs. Mallard the news because he wants to

be the first to tell her

15th amendment

black men were allowed to vote

14th amendment

black men were given rights

She starts with a shocking event and follows its aftermath _______

chronologically

One way that this example of regionalism shows how the people of the time period spoke is by

describing how Tom pronounces Achilles

How does the dialect of the following excerpt describe the bull-pup? "his underjaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'castle of a steamboat and his teeth would uncover and shine unlike the furnaces"

eager to win the fight and money

A good short story writer doesn't express his or her theme ______ but rather expects readers to draw their own _______ about the story's central meaning

explicity; conclusions

In her room, what is she afraid of? (lines 30-36)

feeling relief

Identify the example of dialect that appears in this statement: "Well, there was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley..."

feller= dialect

regionalism

fiction and poetry that focuses on characters dialogue, customs, and landscapes based on region

Mrs. Mallard decides that love

has less value than freedom

What does the narrator comment clarify about Mr. Oakhurst? "Mr. Oakhurst could not bring himself to disclose Uncle Billy's rascality, and so offered the hypothesis that he had wandered from the camp and had accidentally stampeded the animals."

he protects others from the truth

What happened to Brently Mallard? Explain "the incident" in detail.

he was killed in a train aaccident

What was Mrs. Mallard's "affliction"?

heart problems

Who comes through the front door? (lines 72-74)

her "deceased" husband

What does Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, do to win his dog fights?

holds the other dog's hind legs

the culture of the characters

including their religious and moral beliefs and the social and economic conditions in which they live

How did the working conditions of the "have-nots" affect the concept and creation of naturalism?

influenced writers who were connected with the impact of social and natural forces on the individual tended to portray characters victimized by brutal forces and unable to control their lives

A rick story may have more than one theme. In "The Story of an Hour," Kate Chopin focuses on the ______________________________

internal life of a woman in the immediate aftermath of traumatic news

Why was this time period called "The Gilded Age"?

it was a time of luxury and excess hat did not exist before Civil War

the Mare

looks weak and unhealthy, wins horse races

Describe the bet Smiley makes concerning Parson Walker's wife.

on whether she would live or die from her disease

Short stories follow a ______- from ___________________ and ______________________ to _____________, ______________, and ______________________________.

plot; exposition; rising action; climax; falling action; resolution

What is the literary time period for The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

realism and regionalism

What is the difference between regionalism and local color

regionalism- more about financial between classes and local color- deals with language and landscape and is only specific to the United States right after the Civil War

How does Mrs. Mallard feel right after she accepts that she will be free?

relaxed

How is Mrs. Mallard feeling when she leaves her room with her sister? (lines 68-70)

relaxed

Kate Chopin organizes "The Story of an Hour" by tracing the ______ to a ______________.

rising action; climax

The effectiveness of regional writing depends to a large extent of the depiction of _____, the time and place in which a story's events occur

setting

How does Mrs. Mallard react when her sister first breaks the news of her husband's death? (lines 10-12)

she cried and went to her room; did not react as other women would have

What happens to louise when she sees that her husband is still alive? (lines 78-79)

she had died of a heart disease- joy that kills

Why does she say "free, fre, free" over and over? (lines 37-38)

she realizes she is free to live and can do what she wants

regional differences became increasingly evident as the United States grew in geographic.......

size and in popultion

The South's primary labor system, ___________, had been abolished

slavery

regional literature arose from an effort to accurately represent......

speech, manners, habits, history, and beliefs of people in specific geographical areas

In regional literature, the setting is viewed not just as a contributing element; it is a _____________ that is interesting in itself

subject in character

geographical location and physical features

such as a river, a camp, a house, or a mode of transportation

You can tell that society believed that women were fragile when Josephine

tells the news in unfinished sentences

Wheeler's claim that Smiley would bet "on anything that turned up you ever see" is best supported by Smiley's bet on

the Parson's wife not getting well

How does Smiley's mare make him "uncommonly lucky"?

the excited mare wins in spite of her illness

How does Smiley's mare win races?

the mare holds back in the races then in the final stretch comes back for an unexpected win

How is the way that the narrator speaks or writes different from the way that Wheeler talks?

the narrator has no dialect and is educated; Wheeler has a strong dialect an is uneducated

Why does Harte's description of the setting in this region most likely include so many details about snow?

the snow plays an important part in what happens to the outcasts

What story is the narrator preparing readers to read and who will tell it?

the story of Jim Smiley (frame story) and Simon Wheeler will tell it

Mrs. Mallard spreads her arms out to welcome

the years ahead

At the heart of every effective piece of writing is a

theme

Why does the narrator seek out Simon Wheeler? What is the narrator's attitude toward this task?

to ask about Leonidas Smiley and he is interested in Leonidas

What is Twain's purpose in writing this tale?

to entertain, preserve language, and practice story telling technique

What is the basic concept of regionalism?

to record for the future the unique character of a region

Why was regionalism established/created?

to represent and preserve characteristics and culture of a specific region

the stranger

tricks Jim Smiley out of 40 dollars

You can tell that the people in the region Poker Flat believe in their own sort of justice by the

two men who have been hung

Give one example of understatement from the story that Simon Wheeler tells

when Simon said Andrew Jackson would have made a name for himself if he had not died

Give one example of a hyperbole from the story that Simon Wheeler tells

when he talked about how Jim Smiley would follow a bug to Mexico

Leonidas W. Smiley

who narrator was originally seeking, does not exist

An ironic detail that helps you predict Mrs. Mallard's sudden end is her

wish for a very long life

Which detail helps you clarify the outcasts' opinion of Tom and Piney as innocent?

Billy's theft being kept secert

Reconstruction was responsible for the following Amendments:

13th amendment; 14th amendment; and 15th amendment

When was The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County written

1865

Regionalism era:

1870-1910

What is the setting for The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Angel's Camp, California