Question

In this excerpt from Mark Twain’s “How to Tell a Story,” which sentence is most clearly the thesis statement?

Answer 1

I think either:

1."The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. "

or

2."The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.”

Answer 2

There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind—the humorous.

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