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Mark Twain

Mark Twain. The Autobiography of Mark Twain The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. The Autobiography of Mark Twain. Plot 15 year old Twain is desperate to be hypnotized by a traveling mesmerizer When it doesn’t work, he decides to fake it Becomes best subject ever

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Mark Twain

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  1. Mark Twain The Autobiography of Mark Twain The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

  2. The Autobiography of Mark Twain • Plot • 15 year old Twain is desperate to be hypnotized by a traveling mesmerizer • When it doesn’t work, he decides to fake it • Becomes best subject ever • Mesmerizer is an obvious con man who uses 15 year old Twain to help sell tickets • As an adult, Twain confesses to the deception • His mother still won’t believe that he wasn’t actually hypnotized

  3. The Autobiography of Mark Twain • Literary Devices • Irony: contrast between appearance and reality • Ex: Twain expects that pretending to be hypnotized will be fun, but in reality, he gets “tired of my triumphs.” • Situational irony: a contrast between what is expected to happen and what does happen • Dramatic irony: when readers know more about a situation or character than the other characters know • Humor: literature purposely meant to entertain • All types of humor include exaggeration (hyperbole) and irony • 3 types • Humor of situation: comes from situational irony in plot • Humor of character: based on exaggerated personalities • Humor of language: includes sarcasm, exaggeration, irony, and puns

  4. The Autobiography of Mark Twain • Table work: • find three other examples of irony (either situational or dramatic) in the story. Explain what Twain’s expectations are and what actually happens. • Find and explain at least one example of each of the three types of humor in this story. ALL TABLE WORK IS DUE BY THE END OF THE MOD

  5. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” • Tall Tale • Humorous story • Exaggerated characters • Impossible events • Style • Frame Story • Twain introduces a 2nd narrator, Simon Wheeler, who tells the story

  6. “The Notorious Jumping Frog…” • Dialect • Distinct form of language as it is spoken in one geographical area or by one social or ethnic group • Uses unconventional spelling • Suggests the way the words actually sound • Establishes setting • Adds local color (regionalism) • Develops characters

  7. “The Notorious Jumping Frog…” • Contrast the two narrators—unnamed narrator and Simon Wheeler • Language—how does each narrator use language • Tone—attitude toward the subject (the story of the jumping frog) • How does each narrator feel about Jim Smiley’s Tall Tale?

  8. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” • Analyzing Dialect and Hyperbole • Find three examples of exaggeration/hyperbole combined with dialect • Write out the example • Explain why combining dialect and hyperbole creates humor. • Write the first paragraph of Simon Wheeler’s next story…. • “Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn’t have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner, and—” • Maintain Wheeler’s voice as narrator by copying his… • Dialect • Use of exaggeration/hyperbole

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