Select the correct text in the passage.
In this excerpt from Mark Twain's "How to Tell a Story." which sentence most clearly states the overall claim?
I do not claim that I can tell story as it ought to be told. iI only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been almost daily in the
company of the most expert story-tellers for many years.:
There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kindthe humorous. I will talk mainly about that one. The humorous story is American, the
comic story s English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the
witty story upon the matter.
The humorous story may be spun out ti great length, and may wander around as much as it pleases, and arrive nowhere in particular; but the comi
and witty stories must be brief and end with a point. The humorous story bubbles gently along, the others burst.
The humorous story is strictly a work of art-high and delicate art-and only an artist can tell it; but no art is necessary in telling the comic and the
witty story; anybody can do it. The art of telling : humorous story-understand, I mean by word of mouth, not print-was created in America, and
has remained at home.