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    English Long Test The literary texts from the Era of Expansion‚ namely The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain and The Baron of Grogzwig by Charles Dickens have evoked a humorous response from the audience and the readers. They had used various literary techniques to achieve and to get these kind of responses. In Twain’s story‚ one of the literary texts he used was symbolism‚ the usage of famous political personalities such as Andrew Jackson and Daniel Webster as animals in

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    A Literary Analysis of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” Mark Twain is considered not only one of the most well-known American authors in history‚ but also one of the most recognizable figures in American history (Hannibal). Twain is most well-known for his stories‚ “The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” although‚ his short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was the story that gave him his big break and got his name on the

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    Literary Analysis of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” Mark Twain‚ a folktale writer‚ presents a man by the name of Simon Wheeler‚ who tells a story about a friend of his and that friends name is Smiley. Smiley really loves to gamble‚ and will always place a bet on anything that has to do with competition. He finds a frog and trains him to jump really high so he can gamble with the frog and earn money‚ but the bet does not turn out that way. The author uses setting in a way that

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    Course: American Literature Instructor: Professor Yang Name: HouZhen jun Class: 13011202 Student Number: 2012303125 Date: June 24th‚ 2015 Analysis of the Implication in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a short story written by Mark Twain and takes place in the ancient mining camp of Angel’s. After reading it‚ I am deeply impressed by the main character‚ Jim Smiley who loved to make bets‚ and always created miraculous gambling events

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    "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is one of the most famous tall tales written by an amazing author of the west‚ Mark Twain. His popularity has mainly arisen from his "Huckleberry Finn" stories‚ but the "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was one of his first stories and the one that brought him into notice to the public. When he was writing for newspapers‚ he was also traveling a great deal‚ for example to California. On the ship he made acquaintance of Bret Hart and

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    II Introduction to Mark Twain and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaverous Country 2.1 Introduction to Mark Twain Mark Twain‚pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clamens‚is one of the most outstanding humorists in American literature history‚whose best works are characterized by broad‚often irreverent humor or biting social satire.His works are also known for realism of place and language‚memorable characters‚and hatred of hypocrisy and oppression. Mark Twain neglected or bypassed the harshness

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    exaggeration. Combining these two forms of writing or literature increases the interest of the story as well as the humor. Mr.Twain switches the two every so often‚ which never leaves the reader bored or uninterested.Within the story of The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ it is literally a story about nothing‚ but the reader does not realize‚ because of the regional dialects of the different places which adds to the humorous portion of the text due to the way the characters speak. We see examples of this

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    Use of Customs‚ Dialect and Social Status In "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Mark Twain’s "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story with the lesson that what goes around comes around. In this short story‚ which first appeared in 1856 and his first successful story‚ Twain uses local customs of the time‚ dialect‚ and examples of social status in his story to create a realistic view of the region in which the story takes place. The way that the characters

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    In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ Mark Twain specifically uses this story to describe people. In this story‚ he uses details about people. If someone pronounces something different‚ he spells the word with how they pronounced it. Twain’s character‚ Simon Wheeler‚ uses pronunciation this way. Twain uses a lot of details to describe the characters. Simon is “fat and baldheaded” and another character‚ Jim Smiley‚ is “always betting on anything”. All the main characters are described

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    English 11 Name: Luis Aguilar “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country” --Mark Twain Target: I can analyze what the text says directly and indirectly utilizing evidence from the text. Directions: Define each vocabulary word using a dictionary. Compliance-the action or fact of complying with a wish or command. Garrulous-excessively talkative‚ especially on trivial matters. Append-add (something) as an attachment or supplement. Conjectured- form an opinion or supposition about (something)

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