Miss Wastson and the Widow Douglass Judge Thatcher and his wife Pap Jim Points earned on this question: 7 Question 2 (Worth 7 points) The stranger: steps on Smiley’s frog attaches Smiley’s frog to the ground with a hook. fills his own frog with helium. fills Smiley’s frog with quail shot. Points earned on this question: 7 Question 3 (Worth 7 points) Characteristics of the story that link it with the tall-tale tradition are: skill of the yarn-spinner
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In 1830 John Marshall Clemens bought 75‚000 acres of farmland and wooded acres in Tennessee. In his eyes he had established wealth and well-being for his family forever. This however was not the case‚ see in order to become wealthy off his land he would of need to have done something with it‚ instead of just keeping ownership of it. Owing it will not make you rich‚ but just give you the appearance of being rich. Five years after his purchase of the land on November 30th‚ his son was born. He named
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Na Le English 101 Critical History Paper Twain started out writing light humorous stories‚ then added rich humor‚ strong narratives‚ and social criticism‚ but he evolved into a chronicler of the vanities‚ war‚ tranvestism‚ Satan‚ hypocrisies‚ political‚ ethics‚ and stupidity and murderous acts of mankind. Twain had been known to use his real life experience to help him writes‚ so that was why he changed his issues and theme over time. Twain’s writing style changed according what happened
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a Poison Dart Frog‚ you might ask? You can find these small creatures in the rainforest of South America and some parts of lower Central America. The Poison Dart Frog ranges from less than an inch to two and half inches in body length. There are more than a hundred species of poison dart frogs. They range in color and patterns‚ color shades vary among frogs within a species. It is the skin that contains the frogs poison‚ the variety of colors are warnings to predators that the frogs are poisonous
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external and internal anatomy of a frog and identify the anatomical structures in order to further understand and compare it to the anatomy of the human body. Describe the digits on each foot. Which pair of feet is webbed? Why? How can you tell the difference between a male and female frog by looking at the forelimbs? The front feet of the frog are webbed which allows it to swim easier and quicker. Webbed feet are a fusion of two or more of the digits of the feet. Frogs have two front legs with four
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for more money. In all the novels we read‚ there is a slew of social classes and every in between. They all lived to what they were known for too. From Huckleberry Finn being a lower class part of society and living a rough life‚ to the story of Hop Frog and his king living prosperous with great sums of wealth. Starting with Angelas Ashes‚ the McCourt family lived in a very lower class part of society. It was a stereotypical family of poor income too‚ with the alcoholic father who spends the families
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entertainment. The text says‚ “ Americans have been frog wild for jumping contests ever since Mark Twain’s story‚ The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was published in the late 1800’s. ” In the article‚ “ The Use of Animals in Entertainment‚ ” it says “ The training techniques adopted to force animals to perform tricks are also often barbaric.” In the
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Dickinson’s messages through her poetry A poem is a composition‚ in verse‚ with a carefully selected language‚ to express feelings through certain rules and specifications. Some of these specifications like figurative language‚ poetic foot‚ meter‚ rhythm‚ rhyme and meter help to understand a hidden message provided by the author. Emily Dickinson‚ American writer‚ wasn’t an exception; her poems‚ especially I’m nobody! Who are you? had an unique technique that support the main idea‚ explained in this
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tale and historical fiction are just two of the many choices. They both have many properties that are similar and many traits that are diverse‚ shown through the stories “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”‚ by Ambrose Bierce‚ and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ by Mark Twain. To begin‚ historical fiction and tall tales have many comparable traits. First‚ they both make the reader want to learn more about the topic. Historical fiction sets the story in a real place and time and a
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This evidence shows that source 1‚ “The Use of Animals in Entertainment” is biased.In source two “Jump To It!”it states‚ “ One of the biggest contests is held in Calaveras County‚ California‚ the setting of Twain’s original story. “We’ll jump frogs about 4‚000 times‚ about a thousand a day‚” says Laurie Giannini‚ an organizer of the Calaveras County
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