1)dialect to do all of the following except:

add more realistic features to the story

set a specific tone to the story

allow the reader to make inferences about the characters in the story

develop the theme of the story

is the way of speaking that is specific to a particular group of people or region

formal tone

informal tone

dialect

variation

3) what can we infer about the character from the selection of the dialog below
“in vain i have struggled. my feelings will not be repressed. you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you”
—mr. darcy, pride and prejudice

mr. darcy is delighted by his admission of love

mr. darcy is in pain with his admission of love

mr. darcy is confused by his admission of love

mr. darcy is focused on his admission of love

4)what mood does the author establish in the following poem excerpt?

i shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and i—
i took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
—robert frost,”the road not taken”

confidence

reliability

danger

disaster

5)writers use all of the following to create tone and mood except:

commas and semicolons

phrases and clauses

arrangement of words

specific word choice

1)Dialect helps to do all of the following Except:

Add more realistic features to the story  

Set a specific tone to the story  

Allow the reader to make inferences about the characters in the story  

Develop the theme of the story

2 formal toneis the way of speaking that is specific to a particular group of people or region.

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”