Is The Use Of Dialect In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

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Mark Twain stands out from other authors because he uses tons of dialect. In his book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, he introduces this technique when Tom Sawyer is tricking other kids into doing his own work by making them think that the work is fun. The first boy to show up, Ben, attempts to brag to Tom because he gets to play while Tom works. When he tries to get his attention, Ben says, “‘Stop the stabboard! Ting-a-ling-ling! Stop the labboard! Come ahead on the stabboard! Stop her! Let your outside turn over slow! Ting-a-ling-ling! Chow-ow-ow! Get out that headline! Lively now! Come—out with your spring-line—what’re you about there! Take a turn round that stump with the bight of it! Stand by that stage, now—let her go! Done with the

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