Question
Which excerpt from Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea” is an example of non-academic English?
"Yes, indeed!" said the father looking toward the tree designated.
Sometimes in his dreams he was a prince, riding away in a gorgeous carriage.
Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams.
"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."
"Yes, indeed!" said the father looking toward the tree designated.
Sometimes in his dreams he was a prince, riding away in a gorgeous carriage.
Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the simple folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams.
"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."
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The excerpt that is an example of non-academic English is:
"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."
This passage uses dialect and informal language, which are characteristic of non-academic English.
"Aw, woman, stop dat talk 'bout conjure. Tain't so nohow. Ah doan want Jawn tuh git dat foolishness in him."
This passage uses dialect and informal language, which are characteristic of non-academic English.