The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A
In The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," what is one key feature of Simon Wheeler's storytelling?
O A. He acts out all of his story's characters.
o
B. He uses very formal language.
O
C
. He includes irrelevant details
O
D. He is specific and precise
Part B
Which of these quotations from "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County best illustrates the answer to Part A?
O
A. [T]here couldn't be no solitry thing mentioned but that feller'd offer to bet on it...
O
B. [H]e would be there reg'lar to bet on Parson Walker, which he judged to be the best exhorter about here and so he was too, and a good
man
O
C. Smiley always come out winner on that pup, till he hamessed a dog once that didn't have no hind legs....
O
D. And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his
breed you ever see.
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(D). And when it come to fair and square jumping on a dead level, he could get over more ground at one straddle than any animal of his breed you ever see.

Explanation:

In "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", Wheeler spent time telling tall tales and including irrelevant details.

Wheeler centred his tales/stories on a man called Jim Smiley. Smiley was obsessed with gambling that he would bet with just anything.

Wheeler took over the narration from the main narrator with his stories about Jim Smiley being the bulk of the narrative. But anytime Wheeler described the gambling activities of Smiley, he kept adding irrelevant details.

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" which was also published as "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. This work brought him national attention and success as a writer. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog".