The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County review

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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


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