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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain Mark Twain Most celebrated humorist in American history Also one of the greatest realists Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – a revelation of illusions that exist in American life Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens News reporter and had a love for steamboats Twain = twelve feet Make the connection Tall tale – a humorous story characterized by outrageous exaggeration and outlandish events It’s not only what you say, but how you say it Comic Devices Hyperbole – outrageous exaggeration Comic Devices Understatement – saying less than what is really meant, usually for ironic purposes Comic Devices Comic comparisons – similes and metaphors that surprisingly link very dissimilar things and thus create colorful, outlandish images Comic Devices Comic characters situations Unusual people dealing with unlikely events; probably the oldest and reliable comic device Understanding vernacular Vernacular language – the language commonly spoken by people in a particular place or region A big part of Twain’s writing Understanding vernacular Types: Unique vocabulary Idioms (expressions that make no literal sense, i.e. raining cats and dogs) Dialect (local variations of spoken words)