Dialect Awareness in Literature and Life

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Author:

Barbara Groome, Jo Peterson Gibbs

Subject:

Humanities

Institution Name:

LEARN NC

Collection:

LEARN NC Lesson Plans

Grade Level:

Secondary

Abstract:

"Dovey Coe", a young adolescent novel by Frances O'Roark Dowell of Boone, North Carolina, takes place in the 1930s in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The use of mountain dialect continues to remind the reader of the importance of setting in this novel. The study of a selection from this novel will help students realize the impact of dialect in literature as well as their own speaking and writing.

Course Type:

Learning Module

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Curriculum Standards, Lesson Plans

Media Format:

Text/HTML

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