Unit 2 Flashcards
What was the name of the old man who told the story of the jumping frog?
Simon Wheeler
What was the name of the character who was a gambler and owned the jumping frog?
Jim Smiley
What was the name of the jumping frog?
Daniel Webster
Who wrote They Have Yarns?
Carl Sandburg
Who wrote My Life Story and A Business Letter?
Artmeus Ward
Who wrote The Mule and The Bumblebee?
Josh Billings
Who wrote The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country and The Innocents Abroad?
Mark Twain
What was Mark Twain’s real name?
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
Who was the Native American, humorous author?
Will Rogers
What has no metrical pattern?
Free verse
What are the words and pronunciations which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people called?
Dialect
What are misspellings called?
Cacography
