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Word Choice and Tone — Homework
Reread this week's notes on Twain's narrator and Simon Wheeler before answering.
- 1.Name one specific phrase Twain uses to describe how seriously Wheeler tells his story.
- 2.Is the narrator's tone toward Wheeler cruel or affectionate? Support your answer with one word choice.
- 3.Rewrite "The frog could jump far" to carry an admiring tone.
- 4.Rewrite the same sentence to carry a mocking tone, then explain in one sentence which specific words created that shift.
- 5.Why is pointing to specific words stronger evidence of tone than just naming a feeling?
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