Question

read the following excerpt from the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain: "say who is you? whar is you? dog my cats ef i didn' hear sumf'n. well i know what i's gwyne to do: i's gwyne set down here and listen tell i's hears it agin" the use of dialect in this excerpt reflects which american literary style? a.local colour b.puritanism c.modernism d.transcendentalism

Answer 1

The correct answer is a.local colour

Mark Twain used improper grammar and poor choice of lexical items to show the local ways of speaking by uneducated common folk, which was very common during the American Realism.