Question

Mrs. Turner finally rose to go after being very firm about several other viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. She begged Janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioning Tea Cake. Finally she was gone and Janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found Tea Cake sitting in there with his head between his hands. Which best describes the language in this excerpt

Answer 1

Answer: D. standard English

Explanation:

Standard English is used in formal settings, such as is literature like the excerpt presented in this question, as opposed to non-standard English which is used in informal settings, with family and friends.

Although Standard English began as a regional dialect that emerged in the southeast of England, is now considered the official form to be used in writing, in the education system, court texts, the church, newspapers, and any official writing, and it can be used with different regional accents or without any regional diction.

We know that the excerpt is no using a southern dialect because there are no words like "ain’t" and "y’all", which are common for that dialect.