Thesis Statements - 3rd Hour by Mrs. McDougall https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3 Please copy and paste a draft of your thesis statement onto a Padlet note. en-us 2018-02-05 22:36:09 UTC 2025-09-24 02:50:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png Thesis for Compare / Contrast mcdougallj https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228384641 Although both Twain and Bryson depend on irony, satire, and humor to create their memoirs, the final products are quite different. 

Although the authors create characters to provide comic relief, create ____, and critique society, they do so through very different means/techniques. ]]> 2018-02-05 22:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228384641 While both authors follow the conventions of humor, Twain's piece adheres more closely to these conventions by ____. In Bryson's story, by contrast, ________. mcdougallj https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228390651 2018-02-05 23:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228390651 bucichj https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228636422 It is apparent in these stories too different ways of creating humor using; Local Color, exaggeration, and incongruity]]> 2018-02-06 15:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228636422 The types of humor utilized within Mark Twain’s short story “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” his memoir Life on the Mississippi, and Bill Bryson’s piece The Life and Times of Thunderbolt Kid depend upon Local Color, hyperbole, and _______. ortizd1 https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228636646 2018-02-06 15:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228636646 thompsonabigail https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228636657 Although incorporated in different ways, both authors use local color, humor, and important secondary characters to create effective, entertaining writings]]> 2018-02-06 15:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228636657 Thesis Nathan Moeller https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228637254  While Twain wrote “The Notorious Jumping Frog in Calaveras County” in 1865, and Bryson wrote The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir in 1951,both authors can be compared for their use of humor in their writing. However, Twain uses dialect to achieve his humor, while Bryson uses hyperbole for his humor. ]]> 2018-02-06 15:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228637254 What I Got hansont4 https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228637824   In order to build humor in these works, both authors employ archetypes, juxtaposition, and satire, but often in different ways ways. ]]> 2018-02-06 15:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228637824 gedeonk https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228637914 Mark Twain and Bill Bryson are different writers of different times, but they both share common literary devices. Throughout Twain's piece, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" he uses archetypes and exaggerations to make the story seem funny. Bryson  does the same thing except, he uses real exaggerations, throughout "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid".]]> 2018-02-06 15:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228637914 morejonj https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228638090 In Bill Bryson's "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" and in Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" the authors incorporate elements of Local Color, humor, and secondary characters in order to introduce setting and advance the plot.]]> 2018-02-06 15:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228638090 Domerese domereseg https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228638425  
An author can use many different techniques to write a humorous piece, such as in Mark Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and Bill Bryson's exert "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" with their use of local color, archetypes, and satire. 
]]> 2018-02-06 15:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228638425 raybourne https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228639902  
In each of their respective works, Twain and Bryson make use of Local Color, satire, and secondary characters in order to fuel the humorous element that presides over each of their stories.

 
]]> 2018-02-06 15:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228639902 Thesis ellisdonald https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228641318   like Twain, author Bill Bryson tells his story, “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid,” in a similar,but varied, style and manner with a like use of situational irony.]]> 2018-02-06 15:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228641318 Oops baranekt https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228643817 While two pieces may be from completely different times, born out of completely opposite experiences, the science that builds the humorous structures of the pieces are almost completely identical. The (evidence) provides a bare skeleton for both pieces, but the personal experiences and writing styles of the authors create very different final bodies.

]]> 2018-02-06 15:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228643817 ellisdonald https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228646121 2018-02-06 15:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228646121 Brooke Nowiski https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228647129  
Although the authors use similar techniques like irony, local color, and humor each piece has a unique style that offers a different approach to what the audience is reading.

 
]]> 2018-02-06 15:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228647129 Thesis stevensl6 https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228647978 Humor can be used in many writings and time periods. Twain's story "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and Bryson's memoir "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" show all kinds of humor. Techniques both authors use are irony, local color, and satire. ]]> 2018-02-06 15:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228647978 Jacob Condor https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228655338 In the stories "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" use methods of humor such as local color, anecdote-memoir, and secondary characters to help develop the plot.
 ]]> 2018-02-06 15:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228655338 Cade Fulton https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228901572 In their works, “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Twain and Bryson use many of the same devices and techniques such as archetypes, satire, and strong secondary characters to highlight the humor in their pieces, but with their own different and respective styles.


]]> 2018-02-06 23:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/228901572 Jonathan Rudolph https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/230769237 In both “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid” and in “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” the authors use irony to build humor making their stories more entertaining for the reader. But, In “The Life and Times...” Bill Bryson shapes his story as an anecdote and in “The Notorious Jumping Frog...” Mark Twain uses hyperbole to exaggerate his humor, These stories also have a drastic vernacular contrast.]]> 2018-02-12 18:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdougallj/thesisstatements3/wish/230769237