This distinguishing feature of realist literature is used by Mark Twain in this excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

I ain' gwyne to len' no mo' money 'dout I see security. Boun' to git yo' money back a hund'd times, de preacher says! Ef I could git de ten cents back, I'd call it squah, en be glad er de chanst.

A.) dramatic dialogue

B.) dialect

C.) an unreliable character

D.) setting

E.) undecipherable language

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Judith Mclean

10 July, 20:44

This distinguishing feature of realist literature is used by Mark Twain in this excerpt from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

I ain' gwyne to len' no mo' money 'dout I see security. Boun' to git yo' money back a hund'd times, de preacher says! Ef I could git de ten cents back, I'd call it squah, en be glad er de chanst.

A.) dramatic dialogue

B.) dialect

C.) an unreliable character

D.) setting

E.) undecipherable language

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Jeramiah Moses · Answer 1

The correct answer is B. dialect. In realist literature, authors wanted to portray many regions of their country as accurately as they could. Twain was no different - he wanted to show the southern parts of America in their full glory, which is why he gave Huck this type of an accent and dialect. A dialect is a type of speech spoken only in specific regions of a country, such as the Southern American dialect.