1. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” LITERARY ELEMENTS

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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. Author’s Purpose

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

10. Setting
Where, purpose

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

12. Tone

13. Tone
Authors attitude
Satirical
Humorous

14. Mood

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

16. Theme

17. 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