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How a Scene Builds the Plot — Homework

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How a Scene Builds the Plot — Homework

Reread the summary of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" before answering.

  1. 1.What does the stranger secretly do to Dan'l Webster the frog?
  2. 2.Apply the "remove it" test to the quail-shot scene: what would the story look like without it?
  3. 3.Why does the trick happen while Smiley is away catching another frog, rather than in front of everyone?
  4. 4.Name the single most important scene in a movie or book you know well, and explain in three or more sentences what would change if it were removed.
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