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    Emani Hunter Honors LA10 Schrems 1/28/15 Huckleberry Finn Passage by Mark Twain: Pg: 88-89- (Start)“‘Looky here…” (End) “I warn’t ever…” Diction- the commonly seen choice of words in writing created by many authors. Mark Twain- who is one author in particular, greatly uses “off-the-cuff” vocabulary and jargon. He allows all of his words to have a sense of denotation and connotation to significantly illustrate his many conflicted intentions. The innocent doublespeak of the text and phrase highlights

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    I: Caldecott Medal Winners by Category: Folk Tales, Legends & Myths: Langstaff, John. Frog Went A-courtin',. Illus. Feodor Rojankovsky. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. Frog Went A-courtin' is the retelling of a 400 year-old Scottish folktale, meant to be sung and told to children. It outlines the engagement and subsequent events surrounding the marriage of a frog to a mouse. Young, Ed. Lon Po Po. New York: Philomel Books, 1989. Lon Po Po is the retelling of a Chinese folklore similar to Little

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    In my collage I chose to use pictures and words that are the literal visual representations of the scenes in the book You Don’t Know Me. For example, at the beginning (from left to right) of the collage I have a frog, toilet, and person doing a handstand. All these pictures represent a part of John’s identity. (do I need to write it as if the reader hasn’t read the book?) The frog symbolizes how John is always saying “the _______ that is not really a ________” this is the reason why I have so many

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    In the 1867 story by Mark Twain titled “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras”, Twain depicts the powerful lesson of situational irony. Twain does so by focusing on the lesson that relying on good luck can have negative consequences and can lead to ones dismay. Mark twain, a regional writer, writes about a folk lore that takes place in Calaveras and addresses good luck and negative consequences through a witty, funny and mocking story line. In the text Simon Wheeler verifies that Jim Smiley

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    Mark Twain the writer of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of the Calaveras Country” and Charles Dickens the author of “The Baron of Grogzwig”, both presented disjunction as a literary technique to evoke a numerous response from their readers. Disjunction was seen in Mark Twain’s story during the part when the story started in a way the narrator was in search for Leonidas Smiley and ended up getting information about Jim Smiley. Just as the Baron who wanted to die but ended up realizing that it was not

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    In the story "frog" Mark Twain uses implausibility as a key component to his humor. Implausibility is something that is unbelievable and impossible. Twain uses this very often and there are many examples. He does this through the events that occur in the story. By using implausibility he has a wider range of what he can put into his story. The story is based on a tall tale. Tall tales always include implausibility which is another reason why he uses this form of humor. Twain uses the events that

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    Want to know a little known fact? Local government is one of the most influential factors in the American way of life, but it is not even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Essentially the Constitution set up national and state governments but leaves local governments out creating a gray area. This area has been filled with many different methods and types of government. One of the ideas which pertains to filling this gray area is the Tiebout model. In essence this is a model of governance through

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    the state of Texas. Texas has 254 counties, the most of any state. Each county is governed by a five-member Commissioners Court, which consists of a County Judge (elected at-large) and four Commissioners (elected from single-member precincts). The County Judge has no veto authority over the decisions of the Court, s/he has one vote along with the other Commissioners. In smaller counties, the County Judge also performs judicial functions, while in larger counties his/her role is limited to the Court

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    governmental functions, and counties, municipalities, and towns and townships all fall into this category. Special purpose local governments generally focus on a specific purpose and one function. Best known of these are the school districts. Regardless of name, it is state government that gives local governments of all types their legal life. Counties were created to function as appendages of the state, but modernization and population growth have put pressures on counties

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    government A rural county government would make for an excellent political structure while giving the residents common services. It would also give private businesses opportunities for maintenance, healthcare, waste disposal services, and recreational services, which would not only bring business and jobs but more citizens as well. The services our government would provide

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