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“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a short story written by Mark Twain. It was published in November 1865 in the New York Saturday Press. This story preceded the novels that made Twain famous, including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For the public in the United States, it cast Twain as a master of humor and dialect.
In the story, a narrator from the East visits a mining camp during the gold rush in California. His friend sent him to find information about a Reverend Smiley. He encounters Simon Wheeler, who begins to tell him a story about a Jim Smiley. Wheeler tells a tall tale about Jim Smiley’s gambling.
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because disappointed isn’t as related to perplexed so it won’t make sense.
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Series of items: When there are a series of items, the comma can be used to separate them e.g. I went to the market and bought rice, yam, beans and egg.
Introductory word or phrases: The comma can be out after an introductory word or phrase e.g. However, the dog bit the boy.
Interrupting phrases: The comma can be used for an interrupting phrase to give more information.
Compound sentences: Comma can be placed between compound sentences even though each sentence can stand on its own e.g. Tom doesn't like mangoes, so he threw them away.
Answer: winter or the squawking and shrieking of the seagulls skinned my ears. In "The Necklace," there is quite a bit of alliteration as Madam Loisel imagines the beautiful life that she longs for and describes it in detail.
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