Romantic literature dominated American arts and letters up until the end of the 19th century. In "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" Twain discusses how Cooper's writing fails because Cooper's writing focuses more on imagination than on any sort of logic or realistic depictions. How does Twain avoid these "literary offences" in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and why is this avoidance significant?

Write a five-minute oral presentation about the call of the wild, writing for an audience of your peers. what did you find most fascinating or interesting about the story, and what did you think were its most important points? include one visual element to support your ideas; this may be a short slideshow. then, make small changes to your speech to adapt it to be presented to a formal audience. enter both versions of your speech (informal and formal) in the space below, and include your selected visual element. if possible, present your speech to an audience to receive feedback.

What types of details should a draft of a research-based essay contain? check all that apply. paraphrased information information from questionable sources facts that relate to the topic quotations that illustrate ideas to convey plagiarized information

How does the motif in this passage connect to the central idea? read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of julius caesar octavius come come, the cause. if arguing make us sweat the proof of it will turn to redder drops look, i draw a sword against conspirators when think you that the sword goes up again? never, till caesar's three and thirty wounds be well avenged, or till another caesar have added slaughter to the sword of traitors the blood motif suggests that revenge will lead to violence and death the omens motif suggests that octavius will die avenging caesar's death the sword motif suggests that all leaders are eventually assassinated the flattery motif suggests that the conspirators will eventually turn on one another