Transcript The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calavaras County”

“The Notorious Jumping
Frog of Calaveras County”
By Mark Twain
What is a FRAME
NARRATIVE?
Story
In a nutshell, a
frame narrative is
a “story within a
story.”
Shorter
Story
Examples of FRAME
NARRATIVES...
• Titanic – (the movie) The story of “Old
Rose” revisiting the site of the Titanic
“bookends” the love story of Jack and
“Young Rose” onboard the ship in 1912.
• Forrest Gump – Forrest (in the present)
is telling his life story (of Forrest in the
past) to various citizens on the park
bench.
• Can you think of any others?
DIRECTIONS
Create the double box diagram.
As you read:
In the outer box, summarize the
“outer” story.
In the inner box, summarize the
“inner” story (the story being told
within the story).
Local Color and Regional Dialect
Local Color- the use in a literary work of characters and
details unique to a particular geographic area
Regional Dialect- language specific to a particular area of
the country
(Put examples in regional dialect dictionary chart from the story)
Regional Dialect
Standard
English
Ex. “Thish-yer”
Ex. This here
Animals
Animal
Fifteen-minute Nag
Andrew Jackson
Dan’l Webster
Deceptive characteristics that made
people think it would lose.
How the animal won bets for Jim
Literary terms
Term
Definition
Characterization
act of creating and developing a
character
Point of view
perspective from which a story is
told
Personification
a nonhuman subject is given
human characteristics
Simile
comparison using like or as
Stereotype
Satire
thought that may be adopted
about specific types of individuals
or certain ways of doing things
Writing that ridicules or critizes
Example from Story
POST-READING…
Questions
 Which stereotypes lead to satire? Explain.
 Which are larger than life characters?
Explain.
 How does vernacular and exaggeration
add to the humor? Explain.
 How does the regional dialect highlight the
differences in the characters? Explain.
Grammar Focus
• Double negatives are created by using two negative words
in a sentence where only one is needed. In effect, two
negatives cancel each other out, thereby changing the
intended meaning of a sentence. Double negatives are not
accepted in Standard English, but they do appear in some
regional dialects.
Here, Simon Wheeler speaks with a double negative:
Examples:
“…he hadn’t no opportunities to speak of…”
“there couldn’t be no solit’ry thing mentioned but that feller’d
offer to bet on it…”
Practice: Rewrite the following sentences from the story, revising
them to eliminate double negatives.
1. Why, it never made no difference to him…
2. …you couldn’t fetch nothing for him to bet on but he’d match you.
3. …maybe you’ve had experience and maybe you ain’t only a
amature.
4. ...it warn’t no use—he couldn’t budge.
5. …a yaller one-eyed cow that didn’t have no tail…
Optional extension activity…
 Go to Mrs. Campbell’s website under Origami Frog
Instructions to make an origami frog to “race” in class
FRIDAY
 Winner receives a special prize!