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“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” LITERARY ELEMENTS

Determine… Characters Plot Author’s Purpose Setting Tone Mood Theme

Characters Who are they and what do you think they represent? Narrator Simon Wheeler Leonidas Smiley Jim Smiley 15 Minute Nag Andrew Jackson Daniel Webster

Character List Narrator . . . Possibly Mark Twain, Represents the West Simon Wheeler . . . Fat, bald-headed, Represents the East Leonidas W. Smiley . . . The myth Jim Smiley . . . The gambler (imperfect mankind) 15 minute nag . . . Asthmatic, distempered, consumptioned horse Andrew Jackson . . . Dog with the signature move - for the common man Dan'l Webster . . . Frog that swallows quail shot - not for the common man pro- slavery

Plot Exposition- Rising Action- Climax- Falling Action- Resolution-

Plot (inner story) Exposition- introduced to outer story and inner and Jim Smiley Rising Action- conflict—gambling problematic Climax- frog won’t jump Falling Action-stranger running off Resolution-outer story

Author’s Purpose

Author's Purpose To entertain ... base level Humorous, tall tale and satire To inform . . .East vs. West?

Setting Where, purpose

Setting Angels Mining Camp Bar Sometime after 1850 Relevance---Narrator vs. Simon Wheeler---?

Tone

Tone Authors attitude Satirical Humorous

Mood

Mood What the reader gets from the piece... Humorous

Theme

Theme East vs. West The thrill of competition is sometimes addicting Cleverness is not always the best thing... Jim and narrator clever...both end up duped