Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties

Question 1

Which phrase in this quote is nonacademic English?

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B: “laugh the ‘Saws’ to scorn”

Question 2

Which statement about the narrator is correct?

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B: The narrator reflects the Southern environment when she uses the phrase "walked on off," an example of nonacademic English.

Question 3

What does Tea Cake's dialect, or use of nonacademic English, reveal about him?

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C: It establishes that Tea Cake lives in the South and may lack formal education.

Question 4

Which of the following best translates the phrase into academic English?

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A: “ridicule the ‘Saws’”

Question 5

Which phrase in this quote is nonacademic English?

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C: “to friend with”

Question 6

Which of the following best translates the phrase into academic English?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: “to befriend”

Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties Answers