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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Mark Twain. Mark Twain. Most celebrated humorist in American history Also one of the greatest realists Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – a revelation of illusions that exist in American life. Mark Twain. Samuel Langhorne Clemens

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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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  1. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain

  2. Mark Twain • Most celebrated humorist in American history • Also one of the greatest realists • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – a revelation of illusions that exist in American life

  3. Mark Twain • Samuel Langhorne Clemens • News reporter and had a love for steamboats • Twain = twelve feet

  4. Make the connection • Tall tale – a humorous story characterized by outrageous exaggeration and outlandish events • It’s not only what you say, but how you say it

  5. Comic Devices • Hyperbole – outrageous exaggeration

  6. Comic Devices • Understatement – saying less than what is really meant, usually for ironic purposes

  7. Comic Devices • Comic comparisons – similes and metaphors that surprisingly link very dissimilar things and thus create colorful, outlandish images

  8. Comic Devices • Comic characters & situations • Unusual people dealing with unlikely events; probably the oldest and reliable comic device

  9. Understanding vernacular • Vernacular language – the language commonly spoken by people in a particular place or region • A big part of Twain’s writing

  10. Understanding vernacular • Types: • Unique vocabulary • Idioms (expressions that make no literal sense, i.e. raining cats and dogs) • Dialect (local variations of spoken words)

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