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Reconstruction - a time of rebirth and ascension. ... With slavery abolished the United States entered a new era, as well as new literature holding within it a new dialect. ... Novels and short stories often provided a various dialect, which portrayed many aspects of the peoples lives. ... In dialogue, usage dialect was common. This written dialect would change the spelling of words or sometimes even the order. ... " from the short story The Wife of His Youth is just an example of the dialect. ... Some essays, as with some stories, may have required deeper and higher levels of thinking for their point to be understood even with the simple dialect. ... Almost always, sermons were written in dialect and slang. ... In "An Ante-bellum Sermon" which opposes slavery and longs for God to set the blacks free, the phrase "We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs," the spoken dialect suggests a increasing tone with "hyeah", and a decreasing tone with "brothahs".
Approximate Word count = 609
Approximate Pages = 2.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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