"the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county was said to have been inspired by

o mark twain's personal experience with gambling and placing bets

a bartender's story about a gambler, overheard by mark twain

the terrible conditions of the mining camps in the west

the adventures of mark twain's brother, who struck it rich while mining

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County was said to have been inspired by the adventures of Mark Twain's brother, who struck it rich while mining.

Explanation:

‘The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras’ is a novel written by Mark Twain. The sole purpose why Mark Twain wrote this story was mainly because he wanted to entertain his readers.

This story is based upon a narrator who meets a gentleman Simon Wheeler who is quite talkative. On their journey to west, they both share their experience in rice mining. Mark Twain have used a humorous style of writing called satire to create humor in every situation.

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)