In "the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county," mark twain accurately captures the language, customs, traditions, and manners of people in the west in the second half of the 1800s. these aspects are part of the region's
1. local color
2. uncolored landscape
3. off-color humor
4. local jokes

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

What is the theme of "the story of the fisherman”?

For frederick douglass’s address, “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ” (1852)1) does the speaker use fallacious reasoning or logical fallacies? use evidence from the text to support your answers. 2) how effective is the speaker’s response to counterclaims or alternate claims? use evidence from the text to support your answer