Question

Which literary device does the following passage employ? There ain't a foot o'ground she don't know her way over, and the wild creaturs counter her one o'themselves. Squer'ls she'll tame to come an' feed right out o' her hands, and all sorts o' birds. Last winter she got the jaybirds to bangeing here, and I believe she'd 'a' scanted herself of her own meals to have plenty to throw out amongst 'em, if I had n't kep' watch.

A. consonance
B. rhyme
C. symbolism
D. dialect

Answer 1

Answer & Explanation:

The author chooses not to use standard English in the character's dialogue. Dialect is the way a person pronounces or speaks a language. Often dialects are different based on the demographics of a person. In this dialogue, the dialect can suggest that the speaker is uneducated.

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Foreshadowing is a hint at a future event. Symbolism is when a concrete object represents and idea.

So therefore, the literary device that the passage employs is the dialect.

Answer 2

It would be D) Dialect