Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man Literary Devices

Key Examples in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Explanation and Analysis—Exclamatory Phrases:

When he goes to Alabama in Chapter 4, the narrator not only quotes but also describes the dialect of the Black people he encounters there:

Only one thing about them awoke a feeling of interest; that was their dialect. I had read some Negro dialect and heard snatches of it on my journey down from Washington; but here I heard it in all of its fullness and freedom. I was particularly struck by the way in which it was punctuated by such exclamatory phrases as “Lawd a musy!” “G’wan man!” “Bless ma soul!” “Look heah chile!” These people talked and laughed without restraint.

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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man: Dialect 1 key example

Key Examples in Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man