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Perseverance and Rising to the Challenge: The Call of the Wild

Question 8 • *NBHS FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 A

Which line from Chapter One of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild contains dialect?

Answer
A
The man smiled grimly, and brought a hatchet and a club.
B
"You ain't going to take him out now?" the driver asked.
C
"Sure," the man replied, driving the hatchet into the crate for a pry.
D
Buck rushed at the splintering wood, sinking his teeth into it, surging and wrestling with it.

Explanation

Dialect is language that reflects a particular informal or regional way of speaking. In choice B, “ain’t” is a nonstandard form of “aren’t,” so it signals dialect in the driver’s speech. The other lines use standard narration or dialogue without a distinctive dialect feature.

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