Using Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Please think about an answer to this question during announcements: Why do authors employ dialects in their writing?

 To make characters realistic  To make a narrative historically accurate  To indicate the social, economic and educational level of a character  To indicate the age, culture or geographic background of a character  To create humor  To educate his or her readers

 What is the definition for dialect?  Dialect is a way of expressing a variation in pronunciation, meaning or usage from standard language whose origin may be attributed to geography, class or culture.

 How do you pronounce the beverage that most humans drink everyday?  Some say waaahter  Others say worter  Can you think of some other examples of variations in pronunciation?

 Gas pronounced as  Syrup pronounced as  Coffee pronounced as  Tomato pronounced as  geahs (NJ) or gaz (Philadelphia)  Searup (NJ and?) or Sirrup (Somewhere in New England through the Midwest)  Cawfee (NJ) or Cahfee (Midwest)  Tomahtos (UK) or tomaytos (northern US)

 A class is a group or cohort of people who share a common background  Social  Economic  Age or generation  Educational

 A word for your mother’s sister  A word for a vessel to hold flowers  Ahnt or Annt  Vayz or Vahz

 What if your friend said, “Hey let’s go get a sandwich at a deli?”  What would you expect to eat?  Hoagie, bomber sub/submarine, grinder, torpedo, hero, baguette  Bap or Panini

 What do you call the space inside your house immediately inside the front door?  Hallway  Foyer  Entryway  Living room?

 What do you pour on your spaghetti?  Some people say sauce  Some Italians say gravy

 What do you say to your family when asking them to come back for Thanksgiving next year?  “See you again!” “See you next time!”  “You should make sure to come back next year.”  “You all come back next year.”  “Y’all come back now, ya hear?”

 To show regional and geographic differences between characters  To show different educational levels and social classes between characters  To further social and political criticism  To show different ages of his characters  To create humor

 Look for patterns and clues in the language  Change and add letters if you notice a pattern  For example: look for apostrophes and try adding on common word endings (-ed and – ing)  Consult a dictionary and look up the word, words or expressions that are unfamiliar to you  Do some research. If you are reading a text centered in a culture, region or time period different from your own, research that culture, region or time period

 Miss Havisham might sound something like this…  The convict might sound similar to this…  Joe might sound something like this…

 What do you understand about some of the characters you’ve met so far in the novel, Great Expectations?