gave in dedication to the military cemetery on the battlefield in Gettysburg after the Battle of Gettysburg. He gave the speech because he wanted the people who had lost their lives to not be forgotten. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚” is a story inside a story. The narrator visits a man in a bar to ask about someone named Leonidas W. Smiley. The man in the bar‚ Simon Wheeler‚ says he knows a Jim Smiley and proceeds to
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what stands out the most was the town. He takes us through the town describing it as boring and dull. He reminisces about how beautiful the Mississippi river was; it was right next to the town. He also describes the people who lived there‚ like the notorious town drunk. He dives deeper into the story and enlightens us about a mother pig and her piglets roaming the town‚
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America during this period from 1865-1914 was transitioning from predominantly agrarian‚ rural societies to industrial and urban. The United States‚ slightly emerging from a damaging Civil War‚ was soon to realize what the transcontinental railroad would offer this country. This opened the interior land of the United States for settlement‚ which brought prospectors‚ new innovations‚ and a burst of industrialization. Rapid transcontinental settlement and changing urban industrial conditions introduced
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developed and over inflated ego regarding themselves. Mark Twain is a master of explaining what an over inflated ego in the presence of others that are much more humble can result in. In Twain’s "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter"‚ "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "When the Buffalo Climbed a Tree" does the elitist inflated egos become deflated‚ but the humble commoner actually demonstrates more "elite" character. In "Dandy Frightening the Squatter"‚ Twain wrote about
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English 303 Semester Final Review Answer the questions or complete the sentences. There is an answer for every number. Unit 1 1. List the three core values Puritan literature in Unit 1 share: a. Piety b. Courage c. Industry 2. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ why did Jonathan Edwards fiery sermon use imagery‚ such as being held in God’s hand over a lake of fire and brimstone? Jonathan Edwards wanted to create a mental picture for the audience. The imagery emphasizes the intensity
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role these muscles play in frog movement? The thigh and calf were the muscles that were able to contract under the greatest loads. This suggests that these muscles help the frog the most when jumping. They are able to hold the weight of the whole frog as it prepares to jump. 4. Describe an experiment you might perform to determine which leg muscles of a frog are important for jumping long distances. An experiment would be to find a live frog and observe their jumping to see which muscles are being
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the role these muscles play in frog movement? The thigh and calf contracted under the greatest loads. These muscles help the frog jump high by bearing their weight on these muscles and pushing‚ jumping‚ up fast. 4. Describe an experiment you might perform to determine which leg muscles of a frog are important for jumping long distances. An experiment would be to find a live frog and observe their jumping to see which muscles are being used for jumping. The frog should not be harmed in this experiment
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similar to Saved by the Bell: The New Class. All jumping involves the application of force against a substrate‚ which in turn generates a reactive force that propels the jumper away from the substrate. Any solid or liquid capable of producing an opposing force can serve as a substrate‚ including ground or water. Examples of the latter include dolphins performing traveling jumps‚ and Indian skitter frogs executing standing jumps from water. Jumping organisms are rarely subject to significant aerodynamic
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Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ he uses many different examples of implausible humor. The unbelievable humor in his story is noticed through the characterization of Jim Smiley and the events that occur while Smiley is attempting to educate his frog. The passage about the frog shows the true dedication that Smiley puts into the bets that he makes. The key to Mark Twains implausible humor is represented in the passage about the educated frog. The passage of the jumping frog stood out
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living in the wild. Wildlife should not be in caged jest so humans can have entertainment because all we are doing it endangering animals. In the second passage “Jump to It” is talking about frog jumps it’s saying‚ How frog are been use as a frog jumping contest how’s ever’s frog jumps the furthest wins. The frogs are not been harmed but they are not doing what they’re supposed to be doing they’re supposed to be in the wild‚ They should be in the wild been free like all of the animals should be. In
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