Question

why does twain use a frame story in \the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county\?
○ he wants to focus on the storytellers perspective.
○ it helps him ridicule ignorant, uncivilized westerners.
○ he wants readers to hear the story from an educated outsider.
○ it helps him satirize an educated easterners point of view.
question 4
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why does twain use idioms, dialect, and slang?
○ to represent the local color of a region in the west
○ to depict how someone who is well educated talks
○ to show how a tall tale should be told
○ to show the vocabulary of a man from the east

Explanation:

First Question (Why does Twain use a frame story...):

In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", the frame story has an educated Easterner as the outer narrator and a Western storyteller (Simon Wheeler) inside. The frame helps satirize the educated Easterner's perspective—his initial goal to find information, then being drawn into a rambling, folksy tale from the West, highlighting the contrast and satirizing the Easterner's perhaps overly formal or detached view. Let's analyze options:

• Option 1: The frame isn't to focus on the storyteller's perspective (the outer frame has the Easterner). Eliminate.
• Option 2: Twain's use of the frame isn't to ridicule Westerners as "ignorant/uncivilized"—it's more about the Easterner's view and the humor in the contrast. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The story is heard from the Western storyteller (Simon Wheeler), not an educated outsider (the outer narrator is the educated outsider but the story within is from the Westerner). Eliminate.
• Option 4: This matches— the frame (with the educated Easterner's experience) satirizes his point of view, showing the clash between Eastern formality and Western folksiness.

Twain uses idioms, dialect, and slang to capture "local color"—the unique speech, culture, and atmosphere of the Western region (Calaveras County). Let's analyze options:

• Option 1: This fits—dialect/slang represent the local color of the West, showing the region's people, culture, and speech.
• Option 2: Idioms/dialect/slang are not how well - educated people talk (they're more colloquial, regional). Eliminate.
• Option 3: They're not about "how a tall tale should be told"—they're about representing the region. Eliminate.
• Option 4: The language is Western, not Eastern. Eliminate.

Answer:

D. It helps him satirize an educated Easterner’s point of view.

Second Question (Why does Twain use idioms, dialect, and slang?):