Insurucuon
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Examining Language
What is the difference between the language used by
the narrator and the language used by the characters?
"Mama gonna whip you good, too," said prideful Little
Man, still fuming as we approached the school. Cause
I'm gonna sure tell it."
"Naw you ain't," said Stacey. There was a shocked
silence as all heads turned to him. "This here thing's
between Cassie and Lillian Jean and ain't nobody telling
nobody nothin' 'bout this." He stared directly at T. J.,
caught his eye, and repeated, "Nobody."
-Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,
Mildred D. Taylor
The narrator uses dialect to describe the historical
setting
The characters use language that has a point of
views
The characters speak in dialect to reflect the
historical setting
The narrator and the characters use different
historical dialects
Done

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Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive

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