1. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” Vocabulary

2. Talking a great deal, especially about
unimportant things.
Garrulous

3. Guessed, predicted.
Conjectured

4. Having a bad reputation.
Infamous

5. Partially ruined; in need of repair.
Dilapidated

6. Endless; seeming to last forever.
Interminable

7. Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole

8. A statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant.
Understatement

9. Similes and metaphors that link very dissimilar things.
Comic Comparisons

10. Comic Comparisons and Situations
Unusual people dealing with unlikely events
Comic Comparisons and Situations

11. The language commonly spoken by people in a particular place or region
Vernacular

12. Idioms

13. Local variations of spoken words
Dialect