The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 humorous short story by Mark Twain that helped launch his literary career and popularized his distinctive American comic voice.
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Target entity: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Context triple: [Angels Camp, inspiredByWork, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County]
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Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck that humorously and poignantly portrays the lives of a group of paisano friends in post–World War I Monterey, California.
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The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
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The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.
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D.
Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle is a classic American short story about a man who mysteriously sleeps through decades in the Catskill Mountains and awakens to a transformed world.
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E.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an 1820 short story by Washington Irving that tells the eerie tale of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the legendary Headless Horseman in a haunted New York valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Target entity description: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 humorous short story by Mark Twain that helped launch his literary career and popularized his distinctive American comic voice.
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A.
Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat is a 1935 novel by John Steinbeck that humorously and poignantly portrays the lives of a group of paisano friends in post–World War I Monterey, California.
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B.
The Hucksters
The Hucksters is a 1947 satirical drama film about postwar American advertising, starring Clark Gable and featuring Sydney Greenstreet in a memorable supporting role.
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C.
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator is a 1911 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith, noted for its innovative cross-cutting and suspenseful storytelling in early cinema.
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D.
Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle is a classic American short story about a man who mysteriously sleeps through decades in the Catskill Mountains and awakens to a transformed world.
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E.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an 1820 short story by Washington Irving that tells the eerie tale of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and the legendary Headless Horseman in a haunted New York valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
humorous short story
ⓘ
short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
ⓘ
surface form:
Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ⓘ
surface form:
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
|
| author | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| basedOn | American tall tale tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
Jim Smiley
ⓘ
Simon Wheeler ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Saturday Press ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
humor ⓘ |
| hasAnimalCharacter | jumping frog ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | development of American humorous short story ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
betting
ⓘ
frontier life ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Jumping Frog Jubilee
ⓘ
surface form:
jumping frog of Calaveras County
|
| helpedLaunchCareerOf | Mark Twain ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches
|
| isStudiedIn | American literature courses ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early success in Mark Twain's career ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
dialect
ⓘ
tall tale exaggeration ⓘ vernacular speech ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | frame narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | distinctive American comic voice ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInCanon | classic of American humor ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Calaveras County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
deception
ⓘ
gullibility ⓘ regional American life ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
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