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1)as a reader, you can examine the of a story in order to identify a specific setting based on characters’ actions and dialect.
tall tale
frame story
regionalism
colloquialism
2)why would simon wheeler tell the narrator of the story about jim smiley rather than the reverend leonidas w. smiley?
he couldn't find the preacher.
he wanted to create a problem for jim smiley.
he knew jim smiley wouldn't care in the least that the reverend knew.
the author thought it would be more entertaining to write it this way.
3)who is jim smiley?
he is a dear friend of simon wheeler.
he is the subject of simon wheeler’s story.
he is a friend of the narrator’s friend back east.
he is a cousin of reverend leonidas w. smiley.