Quite a Tale

get confused while speaking, and have to pause and think

have trouble speaking english

have the accents and speech of older men who grew up in the country

are professional fishermen

Mel and Ned have probably known each other for a long time

Mel and Ned g=have had many arguments in the past

Mel and Ned catch a lot of fish in the lake every year

Mel and Ned dislike each other

onomatopoeia

free verse

third person narration

exaggeration

Two characters on a stage

Exaggerated details

First person narrators

stage directions

The Cooley family enjoys picnicking with Ned

Ned and his family soon tired of eating fish everyday for weeks.

Mel is not as good a fishermen as Ned

Ned's fish would have been impossibly large

with great emotion

Without any sound

taking place at once; immediate

becoming quit in a gradual way

to entertain the reader with a humorous tale

To form a small part of a larger novel

to show readers what life is like in rural areas with lakes

To be presented in front of an audience

Nah, seems pretty slow, Mel

A real Humdinger, last year was

The Cooley family was having a reunion over at the dock.

Nowadays it's hard to catch a big fis.