Question

which direct quote from \the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county\ best represents regionalism?
in compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the east, i called on good - natured, garrulous old simon wheeler....
simon wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat me down and reeled off the monotonous narrative which follows this paragraph.
he roused up and gave me good - day.
so he set there a good while thinking and thinking to hisself, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a tea - spoon and filled him full of quail shot...
question 2
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the narrator makes this statement about simon wheeler, the storyteller, in twains \the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county\:
all through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity, which showed me plainly that, so far from his imagining that there was anything ridiculous or funny about his story, he regarded it as a really important

Explanation:

Question 1 (Which direct quote... best represents Regionalism?):

Regionalism in literature emphasizes local color, including dialect, customs, and speech patterns of a specific region. The quote "So he set there a good while thinking and thinking to hisself, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a tea - spoon and filled him full of quail shot..." uses colloquial, regional speech ("hisself", "prized") and details of a local activity (frog - related, likely a regional pastime), reflecting the regional culture and language of the area, which is characteristic of Regionalism. The other options lack such regional dialect or local - color details.

Answer:

D. So he set there a good while thinking and thinking to hisself, and then he got the frog out and prized his mouth open and took a tea - spoon and filled him full of quail shot...

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