Which line from Chapter One of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild contains dialect?
Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The next he knew, he was dimly aware that his tongue was hurting and that he was being jolted along in some kind of a conveyance. The hoarse shriek of a locomotive whistling a crossing told him where he was. He had travelled too often with the Judge not to know the sensation of riding in a baggage car. What does the excerpt reveal about the historical context of the story?
Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. At the first step upon the cold surface, Buck's feet sank into a white mushy something very like mud. He sprang back with a snort. More of this white stuff was falling through the air. He shook himself, but more of it fell upon him. He sniffed it curiously, then licked some up on his tongue. It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone. This puzzled him. He tried it again, with the same result. The onlookers laughed uproariously. What does this excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling Francois on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood. What does the excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment's safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life and limb were in peril. There was imperative need to be constantly alert; for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. What does the excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
Which line from Chapter One of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild contains dialect?
Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Clerks in the express office took charge of him; he was carted about in another wagon; a truck carried him, with an assortment of boxes and parcels, upon a ferry steamer; he was trucked off the steamer into a great railway depot, and finally he was deposited in an express car. For two days and nights this express car was dragged along at the tail of shrieking locomotives. What does this excerpt reveal about the setting of the story?
Read this sentence from Chapter One of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. The Judge was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers' Association, and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel's treachery. What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
Read the first sentence of Chapter One of Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from Puget Sound to San Diego. What is a good prediction question to ask after reading this sentence?
Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack London . And this was the manner of dog Buck was in the fall of 1897, when the Klondike strike dragged men from all the world into the frozen North. But Buck did not read the newspapers, and he did not know that Manuel, one of the gardener's helpers, was an undesirable acquaintance. . . . The Judge was at a meeting of the Raisin Growers' Association, and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club, on the memorable night of Manuel's treachery. No one saw him and Buck go off through the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll. And with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as College Park. This man talked with Manuel, and money chinked between them. What does the excerpt reveal about the historical context of the story?
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