Name: ___________________________ Date: _______________ Period: ________________
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Dialect
Directions: Dialect is the vocabulary, accent, and grammar familiar to a specific region or group of people.
Decipher the examples of dialect Mark Twain uses in the story.
Word
Definition
Feller
Warn’t
Curiosest
Solittry
Reg’lar
Inf’nit
Jest
‘Peered
His’n
Ketched
Cal’klated
Edercate
Quicker’n
More’n
Throw’d
‘Peared
Ain’t
Thish-yer
Yeller
Bannanner
Directions: List five words or phrases that are unique to your region. Example: the Midwest uses the word
“pop”, the South calls it “Coke”, the East Coast says “soda and tonic” for carbonated drinks.
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