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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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    Mark Twain’s biography and influences contributed to his purpose for writing “Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ to create an amusing short story to illustrate southwestern humor. Mark Twain‚ then known as Samuel Clemens‚ was born on November 30th‚ 1835 in Florida‚ Missouri. When Clemens was four‚ his family moved to the small frontier town of Hannibal‚ Missouri‚ right along the Mississippi River. Missouri was a fairly new state and it was also a state that leaned towards slavery. Clemens’

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    “The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County” is a Realism story about a man named Jim smiley that loved betting on everything. He would bet on anything and everything‚ from horse races to dogfights‚ to the life of the local parson’s wife. But one day he learns that betting is not always the best idea. But what makes this a realism story? What clues or indications does this story give to know that it is a realism story? Some of the characteristics are that this is a comical and satirical story

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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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    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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    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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    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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    In Mark Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚” he used many‚ obvious literary devices. He used a frame layout for his story‚ his story was a tall tale‚ and he used many examples of regional dialect throughout the entire story. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚” was written as a tall tale. A tall tale is a story that is much exaggerated. Mark Twain used this style of writing because his story was funnier this way. In his story‚ Jim Smiley trained animals to be

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    author of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras” is a story about a character named Jim Smiley. Jim was the curioest man he would almost always bet on anything. Jim had a caught a frog and for three months he taught the frog to jump to immense heights. One day he decided to go into town to find someone to bet that his frog can out jump any frog in the county. When he found someone he went out to search for a frog for his opponent‚ while he was gone the stranger gave Jim’s frog a shot full of quail

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