Terms
Writing intended to evoke laughter.
What is humor?
The animal Smiley raced with the most.
What is a frog?
The place where Mr. Oakhurst was kicked out for gambling.
What is Poker Flat?
The main character of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".
Who is John Oakhurst?
This group is being kicked out of Poker Flat.
Who are the outcasts?
A movement in which writers attempted to capture the "local colors" of a region by depicting the distinctive qualities of the people and environment.
What is regionalism?
This animal would walk first in the cold to check if the snow had covered freezing pools of water.
What is a dog?
This is where the Old Timer was from in "To Build a Fire".
What is Sulphur Creek?
He gamboled and taught a frog to jump.
Who is Jim Smiley?
What is "To Build a Fire"?
Sought to portray real life as faithfully and accurately as possible.
What is Realism?
Uncle Billy stole these from Tom Simson.
What are mules?
Smiley's frog could out-jump any frog from here.
What is Calaveras County?
The man who knew Jim Smiley and told stories about him.
Who is Simon Wheeler?
This man won some money and got quickly away noting that a particular frog was not anything special.
Who is the stranger?
Focused on truth fully portraying the lives of ordinary people?
What is naturalism?
Smiley loved to bet. He used to bet on this in a fight even though his didn't have hind legs.
What is a bull dog?
What trail did hte man follow in "To Build a Fire"?
What is the Yukon Trail?
Simon Wheeler did not know this man, and he was possibly a made-up person.
Who is Rev. Leonidas Smiley?
This person tries to organize the group as they travel.
Who is John Oakhurst?
A variety of a language spoken in a particular area of a country.
What is a regional dialect?
The first animal mentioned that Smiley used to bet on.
What is a horse?
The site of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech we read.
What is Gettysburg?
What is "To Build a Fire"?
This person took the mules to escape.
Who is Uncle Billy?