"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”

The narrator suspects that Leonidas W. Smiley is:

• Simon Wheeler’s friend

• a teller of tall

  tales

• a made-up person

• Jim Smiley’s other name

An example of hyperbole in this tall tale is Wheeler saying that Smiley:

• will change sides in a bet

  
  

• wins money on chicken fights

• almost always has good luck

• will follow a bug to Mexico

What does Andrew Jackson, the bull-pup, do to win his dog fights?

• shows his large teeth

• bites the other dog’s shoulder

• bites the other dog’s hind leg

• depends on Smiley’s help

What are the four characteristics of a tall tale?

Hint: try to remember one example of each trait from this story.

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Local color

• Dialect

• Vignette

Describe how this story is an example of a frame story. Be specific.

• Frame story – story within a story. The outer story is the narrator asking Simon Wheeler about Leonidas Smiley. The inner story is the story of Jim Smiley and all his bets.

• Frame story – story within a story. The inner story is the narrator asking Simon Wheeler about Leonidas Smiley. The outer story is the story of Jim Smiley and all his bets.

• Frame story – story within a story. The outer story is the narrator asking Simon Wheeler about Jim Smiley The inner story is the story of Leonidas Smiley and all his bets.

• Frame story – story within a story. The outer story is the narrator asking Leonidas Smiley about Simon Wheeler. The inner story is the story of Jim Smiley and all his bets.