The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County review
Explain how Jim smiley eventually comes to lose a bet
Jim bet a stranger that his frog can beat any other frog, he goes to get the stranger a frog, the stranger puts quail shot in Jim's frogs throat, which cause him to lose, Jim was cheated by the stranger and loses his bet
Who wrote the short story?
Mark Twain
What is a frame story?
a story within a story
What is regional dialect?
language specific to a particular area of the country
What two adjectives best describe Simon Wheeler
opportunistic and sneaky
What are 3 specific techniques the author uses to crate humor in his short story?
- exaggeration - framestory - narrator is unaware of events
What point of view is the story told from?
First person
Explain both frame story and story within the story
FS: narrator tells about a time he met a man named Simon Wheeler SWS: Wheeler tells the narrator a long story about Jim Smiley, including the one about the jumping frog
