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