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Historical and Cultural Context in “Civil Peace”

Question 2 • 26-27 Ignite English 12 NG KY-English Language Arts 12

Which sentences from "Civil Peace" contain dialect? Check all that apply.The silence that followed the thieves’ alarm vibrated horribly.“Awright! We know say you no get plenty money.”“What do you want from me? I am a poor man. Everything I had went with this war.”“OK. Time de go. Make you open dis window and bring the twenty pound.”“Let it go where everything else has gone.”

Answer
A
The silence that followed the thieves’ alarm vibrated horribly.
B
“Awright! We know say you no get plenty money.”
C
“What do you want from me? I am a poor man. Everything I had went with this war.”
D
“OK. Time de go. Make you open dis window and bring the twenty pound.”
E
“Let it go where everything else has gone.”

Explanation

B and D use nonstandard spellings and grammar to represent the characters’ spoken dialect. In B, “say” and “no get” differ from standard English phrasing; in D, “de go,” “Make you,” and “dis” signal dialect. The other sentences use standard English, even though they appear in the same story.

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