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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

by Mark Twain

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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

In Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," humor is enhanced through hyperbole, dialect, and comic situations. Examples of hyperbole include exaggerated descriptions of Jim...

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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Twain finds it necessary for Wheeler, the old man, to begin "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by relating other stories about Smiley's bets with animals because he wants to establish...

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