Question

Read these lines from a novel with a first-person narrator:
It warn't no slouch of an idea; and it warn't no slouch of a grindstone nuther; but we allowed we'd tackle it. It warn't quite midnight yet, so we cleared out for the mill, leaving Jim at work. We smouched the grindstone, and set out to roll her home, but it was a most nation tough job.
(from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)

Answer 1

What is a likely purpose of the author's use of dialect to narrate the story?
A:to poke fun at the society to which the narrator belongs
B: to comment critically on the narrator's beliefs
C: to emphasize that the narrator is lazy and purposeless
D: to make the text consistent with the narrator's background
WILL METAL & FAN!

Answer 2

@Poppies

Answer 3

i would go with D.

Answer 4

thats just me though

Answer 5

Me too because you can tell from the way he's talking that he's from the south or something which fits into background

Answer 6

I was in chicago all day & night, last night, i cant process anything and i feel like trash :c

Answer 7

Thank u both!

Answer 8

no problem

Answer 9

ur welcome