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HELP PLEASE ITS DUE IN 5 MINUTES ! Read the excerpt below from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and answer the question that follows.

[A]ll through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity ...

Based on the language style, who can you infer is the speaker in this excerpt?


Jim Smiley

Leonidas W. Smiley

Simon Wheeler

the narrator

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Answer:

Simon Wheeler

Step-by-step explanation:

Hi, The answer is Simon wheeler. If you read the passage the unknown writer on the text uses the same patterns of speech and the same pronunciation and readability that is remarkably close to Simon Wheelers eloquent speech.

I hope this helps!

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