MARK TWAIN:

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MARK TWAIN Local Color, Satire The Jumping
Frog of Calaveras County
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VIDEOThe Life of Mark Twain READ Bio,
p. 460 Background,p. 461 The Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County, p. 462
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• VIDEO notes The Life of Mark Twain out West
• When the Civil War started in 1861, Twain went
  west to Nevada where his brother was working.
• He tried prospecting for several months, but
  was unsuccessful, so he started writing for
  newspapers.

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3. Bret Harte, in California, heard about his
writing and offered him a job. 4. After
challenging another editor to a duel, he had to
leave the state. 5. He went to San Francisco to
work on The Californian, Bret Hartes newspaper.
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• While working in San Francisco, he often went on
  vacation to Angels Camp where a friend lived.
• They often went to the tavern there to shoot
  pool.
• In the tavern one day, a previous steamboat
  captain told Twain the story of the jumping frog.
  

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9. Twain knew many of the men in the camp and
identified with them because he had prospected
for a while himself. 10. He undoubtedly saw
them gambling, racing horses, etc. while he was
there.
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NARRATOR old Simon Wheeler from Angels Camp
tells a story about
EAST
NARRATOR From East (asked to inquire about Rev.
Leonidas Smiley)
Jim Smiley Gambler and better
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Create an organizer showing a) dialect b)
customs c) characterization d) setting e)
narrator that create local color in the
story. (See your notes on local color.)
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• Using your organizer, write a composition on Mark
  Twain and the story. Include
• at least one technique which Twain used to
  create local color in the story
• a description of how the storys setting
  reflects Twains personal life as displayed in
  the video. (See pp. 460-461 for additional
  biographical info.)

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Paragraph 1 Introduction include authors
name, name of story, and thesis (statement of
main idea) Paragraph 2 (body) show how the
setting of the story reflects Twains life
(provide detailed support) Paragraph 3 (body)
show how Twain used at least one technique to
create local color (provide detailed
support) Paragraph 4 write a suitable conclusion