000 11/20/2025 Recap + Frame Stories

Poll

What do you think a "frame story" is?

• 🥱A story so boring it should be framed as a crime against literature

• 🌯When one story wraps around another story like a literary burrito

• 🖼️A story about picture frames and the people who love them

• 🦹When someone gets framed for a crime they didn't commit in a mystery novel

Multiple Choice

According to the notes on diction analysis, what is the key insight about word choice?

• Authors randomly select words to fill space on the page

• Every word is a deliberate choice by the author

• Connotation and denotation mean exactly the same thing

• Word choice only matters in poetry, not in prose

Multiple Choice

What is the primary goal of synthesis strategies when working with multiple texts?

• To memorize every detail from each individual text

• To prove that one author is better than another

• To connect ideas from multiple sources

• To rewrite the texts in your own words completely

Multiple Choice

What tone do Twain's word choices like "burning ambition" and "permanent" create in his writing about the Mississippi?

• Angry and confrontational about lost opportunities

• Wistful and longing, with a sense of lost innocence

• Joyful and celebratory about current achievements

• Confused and uncertain about what he remembers

Multiple Choice

What transition phrase would you use to show a DIFFERENCE between Twain's and O'Keeffe's approaches?

• On the other hand

• Similarly

• In addition

• As a result

Multiple Choice

What is a frame story?

• A story that has pictures in frames throughout

• A narrative structure where one story is told within another story

• A story that only takes place inside a house

• A story written by someone who builds picture frames

Multiple Choice

In 'The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,' what does the OUTER frame consist of?

• Wheeler tells Jim Smiley's story to other miners

• The narrator asks Wheeler about Reverend Smiley

• Jim Smiley trains his frog to jump higher

• The frog competes against other frogs in the county

Multiple Choice

Based on the frame story structure shown, which character uses formal, educated language?

• Simon Wheeler, the old storyteller

• Jim Smiley, the betting man

• The outer frame narrator

• The one-eyed yellow cow

Multiple Choice

What is Twain's purpose as described in the passage?

• Twain's purpose is to honor Western oral traditions while critiquing Eastern prejudice against them.

• Twain's purpose is to promote Eastern literature over Western stories.

• Twain's purpose is to discourage all forms of oral storytelling.

• Twain's purpose is to support traditional myths without any critique.

Open Ended

What is your most important insight about place and memory from this week's learning?