Question

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Mrs. Turner was a milky sort of a woman that belonged to child-bed. Her shoulders rounded a little, and she must have been conscious of her pelvis because she kept it stuck out in front of her so she could always see it.

Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of dialect in this excerpt?
sort of a woman
belonged to child-bed
shoulders rounded a little
so she could always see it

Answer 1

Answer: B. belonged to a child-bed

Explanation/Evidence:

Dialect refers to a pattern of speech used in a particular region or area of a country, and it involves the spelling, sounds, grammar and pronunciation used by a particular group of people and it distinguishes them from other people around them.

Also, all the other answer choices belong in the regular meanings, whereas belonged to child-bed is reserved for a particular area which makes it diffrent and a dialect.