Regionalism and Naturalism
An enterprising person has
Imagination and initiative
Someone who is garrulous is
Talkative
How does Smiley's mare make him "uncommonly lucky"?
he excited mare wins in spite of her illnesses
What does infamous mean?
having a bad reputation
What does dilapidated mean?
in a state of disrepair
What does wheeler say that Dan'l Webster can do better than any other frog
jump distances
What does tranquil mean?
peaceful
Why does Piney suggest that the group tell stories?
to distract them from the lack of food
An example of hyperbole in this tall tale is Wheeler saying that Smiley
will follow a bug to Mexico
What does Twain's humorous tone in the voice of this excerpt suggest about his opinion of himself?
He does not take himself too seriously
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
Indifferent
Uninterested
Twain pretends to be hypnotized because he
Wants the audience's attention
How does the dialect of the following excerpt describe the bullpup? "his underjaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'castle of a steamboat and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces"
eager to win the fight and money
To conjecture means to
guess
To Twain, the best thing about being a subject was
having everyone's attention
What does Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, do to win his dog fights?
holds the other dog's hind leg
What does cavorting mean?
prancing in a playful manner
Dilapidated means
rundown
Which description of Dan'l Webster uses the tall tale technique of understandment?
A frog needs only an education to do anything
The narrator suspects that Leonidas W. Smiley is
A made-up person
Use the context clues to choose the best meaning of "bannanner" in the dialect of the following excerpt: "Well, thish-yer Smiley had a taller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tale , only just a short stump like a bannanner. . ."
Banana
The narrator's attempt to leave when Wheeler is out of the room suggests that he
Believes that Wheeler will never stop talking
A garrulous person is
Extremely talkative