The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A
In The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," what is one key feature of Simon Wheeler's storytelling?
O A. He acts out all of his story's characters.
o
B. He uses very formal language.
O
C
. He includes irrelevant details
O
D. He is specific and precise
Part B
Which of these quotations from "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County best illustrates the answer to Part A?
O
A. [T]here couldn't be no solitry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it...
O
B. [H]e would be there reg'lar to bet on Parson Walker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about here and so he was too, and a good
man
O
C. Smiley always come out winner on that pup, till he hamessed a dog once that didn't have no hind legs
O
D. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his
breed you ever see.
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PART A

(C) He includes irrelevant details

PART B

(D). And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see.

Explanation:

In "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", Wheeler spent time telling tall tales and including irrelevant details.

Wheeler centred his tales/stories on a man called Jim Smiley. Smiley was obsessed with gambling that he would bet with just anything.

Wheeler took over the narration from the main narrator with his stories about Jim Smiley being the bulk of the narrative. But anytime Wheeler described the gambling activities of Smiley, he kept adding irrelevant details.

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" which was also published as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. This work brought him national attention and success as a writer. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog".

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)