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note

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  • regionalism (a style of writing in which the authors created vivid portrayals of specific regions)
  • dialect (a variation of a language spoke by a particular group, often within a specific region and time)
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pitting a dog with no hind legs to fight against smiley’s dog was

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a practical joke the men played on jim smiley

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in “the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county,” the narrator’s friend form the east use the name “leonidas w. smiley” to get simon wheeler to talk about

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jim smiley

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according to the narrator of “the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county,” what was “exquisitely absurd” about simon wheeler’s manner of telling stories about leonidas smiley?

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wheeler told his entire story without smiling

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worlds like sorter, Dan’l and p’ints are examples of

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regional dialect

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in paragraph 4 of “the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county,” simon wheeler’s account of jim smiley betting on a straddle-bug and following it all the way to mexico to see if he had won the bet is an example of

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exaggeration

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in his tale “the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county,” mark twain used _____ to create a regional flavor

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dialect

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words like curiosest, solittry, feller, and anywheres are used in paragraph 4 of mark twain’s “the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county,” as examples of

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regional dialect

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“the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county” recounts practical jokes that were played on

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simon wheeler and the narrator

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