Question

“Look here, father, I want to know what the men are diggin’ over in the field for, an’ I’m goin’ to know.”

“I wish you’d go into the house, mother, an’ tend to your own affairs,” the old man said then. He ran his words together, and his speech was almost as inarticulate as a growl.

Which best describes how the use of dialogue reflects the author’s style?
It is exaggerated and cartoonish.
It is layered with complex underlying meanings.
It is authentic to the characters and setting of the story.
It modernizes the characters and setting of the story.

Answer 1

Answer: authentic to the characters and setting of the story; the slang that they use kind of gives an idea that they may not be very educated and/or live in the country, which also refers to the setting.

Answer 2

C). It is authentic to the characters and setting of the story.

Step-by-step explanation:

As pet the question, option C i.e. 'It is authentic to the characters and setting of the story' describes most appropriately that how dialogue mirrors the author's style because the style used dialogue assists in hinting the setting(time and place in which the character is set in) and describing the characters implicitly. A reading of dialogue gives the idea of the place as the words like 'field' indicates that place in which the narrative is set in incipient or unevolved while the concise use of words mirrors the 'novelty of the characters'. Thus, option C is the correct answer.