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The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calavers Country Analysis

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Matt Nokes
Mrs. Miller
Honors English 10
January 25, 2017
Implausibilities
Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" transitions from implausibility to implausibility, as if the implausibilities were a pattern. To make a story comical and to keep the reader hooked, the author has to use exaggerated circumstances and characterization.
Twain introduces Andrew Jackson, Smiley's fighting dog that deploys a trump card during dogfights. This passage exemplifies the implausibility Mark Twain uses in his humor and writing techniques and is reminiscent of a tall tale, which Twain was imitating when writing the story.
Andrew Jackson was described to be a completely different dog when money was bet on him. Mark Twain exaggerated the
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