000 11/25/2025 Frame Story Anchor Chart

Poll

 If Wheeler from "Jumping Frog" had a podcast, what would it be called?

• "Thish-Yer Tales: Stories That Don't Never End"

• "The Sophisticated Speaker's Guide to Proper Grammar"

• "Five-Minute Story Summaries for Busy People Today"

• "Wheeler and Deal: Where Every Episode Is 10 Hours Long"

Multiple Choice

According to the previous lessons, what is a frame story?

• A story where one story is told within another story

• A story with a beginning, middle, and end structure

• A story told entirely through dialogue between characters

• A story where the author stops to explain the moral lesson

Multiple Choice

In 'The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,' Wheeler tells the story about Jim Smiley and his frog. Why does this make Wheeler the inner narrator?

• A. He tells the main tale that is framed by the outer narrator

• B. He is the first person to speak in the entire story overall

• C. He uses more dialect words than anyone else in the story

• D. He knows more about frogs than the outer narrator does today

Multiple Choice

According to your notes, the outer narrator represents which cultural background?

• Eastern culture with educated, formal speaking style

• Western culture with authentic frontier speaking style

• Southern culture with regional dialect speaking style

• Northern culture with industrial vocabulary speaking style

Multiple Choice

The notes state that the contrast between narrator voices "creates humor and shows cultural differences." Which example from the text BEST demonstrates this contrast?

• "Inquired after" (outer) vs. "thish-yer Smiley" (Wheeler)

• Both narrators talk about the same frog in the story

• The outer narrator arrives at the tavern to meet Wheeler

• Wheeler uses the word "yaller" instead of saying "yellow"

Multiple Choice

What is dialect, according to your notes?

• A. A regional variety of language with distinct pronunciation and grammar

• B. A formal way of speaking used only in academic writing situations

• C. A secret code that only people from the same town understand

• D. A type of grammar error that should be corrected in all writing

Multiple Choice

Wheeler says "didn't have no tail" instead of "didn't have a tail." What type of dialect difference does this example show?

• Grammar - it uses a double negative construction pattern

• Pronunciation - it changes how the words sound when spoken

• Vocabulary - it substitutes regional words for standard ones

• Sentence structure - it makes the sentence much longer overall

Multiple Choice

According to the notes, why does Twain preserve authentic Western storytelling voices in his writing?

• These oral traditions might be lost without writers recording them

• He wanted to prove that Western culture was better than Eastern

• He needed to fill more pages to make his book longer overall

• He was required by law to document all regional speech patterns

Multiple Choice

How does Wheeler's dialect create humor in "Jumping Frog"?

• The formal narrator is stuck listening to Wheeler's rambling style

• Wheeler tells jokes throughout the entire story to make people laugh

• The frog jumping contest has funny results for all involved

• Wheeler keeps forgetting important details about Jim Smiley's animals

Multiple Choice

The notes state that frame stories "enable commentary" by letting the outer narrator react to the inner story. How does this guide reader response?

• Readers see how one character interprets another character's story

• Readers learn to write better commentary in their own essays

• Readers understand that all stories need detailed explanations

• Readers memorize the correct way to respond to any literature

Open Ended

How does having two different narrator voices (outer frame and inner story) help us understand stories better? What can two narrators show that one narrator cannot?