In “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and “How to tell a story” many different forms of humor are used in the stories. One example of humor is shown when the narrator overly exaggerates his description of Jim Smiley. He says that “ If he even see a straddle-bug start to go anywheres‚ he would bet you how long it would take him to get to‚ and if you took him up he would follow it all the way to Mexico.” The writer is using this to present a comedic tone to the audience to entertain them
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Writer: Linber LewisSchool: President’s College‚ GuyanaIf one asks the question‚ what can floods do?‚ then the following may seem like fitting answers. During the summer monsoon season‚ heavy rains cause destructive floods in Southeast Asia. In China‚ the floods of the Huang He River have been so frequent and devastating that the river is called Chinas Sorrow. Likewise in the US‚ record spring and summer rains in 1993 caused the Mississippi Rover to overflow its banks‚ flooding farms and towns from
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Name: Date: A&P Cat Dissection Lab Report At the conclusion of the cat dissection‚ you will be required to submit a formal report. The format for this will differ from that of the osteoporosis lab report because the dissection is used as an opportunity to review structure and function for the major systems rather than to test a hypothesis and draw a conclusion. Please the following information as a guideline for compiling the lab report. Only one lab report per group is required
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Essay I was amazed to find out just how ancient frogs are. For 190 million years‚ the ancestors of modern frogs have roamed the earth‚ looking much the same as they do today. This means that at one time when there was a huge dinosaur eating a plant‚ there could have been some type of frog down by its feet. About 3‚800 species of frogs and toads have developed since the dinosaur days. The secret to their success is their amazing adaptability. Frogs have evolved to live in a large variety of climates
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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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main ideas and messages. Today folktales are popular mostly as a way of teaching morals and life lessons. They are often compilations‚ or illustrated books made for children. Two popular folktales that are very similar are‚ Frans Timmerman’s‚ “The Frog and the Fox” and a story we all know‚ originally from the book‚ Aesop’s Fables‚ “The Tortoise and the Hare”. In the folktale‚ “The Tortoise and the Hare” Aesop masterfully demonstrates what we all consider to be a classic folktale. The story begins
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Organisms as small and seemingly harmless as the Cuban tree frog have had a larger impact than one would think on not only native amphibians‚ but many native insects and reptiles too. Cuban tree frogs were first recorded to have been found in Florida in 1928‚ where they happened to be stowaways in a shipment arriving from the Caribbean (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). Unfortunately‚ due to their gluttonous nature‚ Cuban tree frogs often nearly wipe out local
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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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The daddy frog was called a bullfrog And how he croaked and how the mammy frog Laid hundreds of little eggs and this was Frogspawn. You could tell the weather by frogs too For they were yellow in the sun and brown In rain. Then one hot day when fields were rank With cowdung in the grass the angry frogs Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges To a coarse croaking that I had not heard Before. The air was thick with a bass chorus. Right down the dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked
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head has adaptations that help it to swallow prey. 5. one interesting or extra fact When a frog swallows large prey‚ it can close its eyelids and drop its eyeballs down into its mouth. Place picture of animal here Part B: Understanding Amphibians (15 points) 1. Which of the following is NOT an amphibian (highlight your choice)? A. salamander B. snake C. frog D. toad 2. Frogs obtain oxygen for cellular respiration through _______ (highlight your choice) a. lungs
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