What is the author's style in The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff by Alice Walker?

In The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff, there are two distinct places in which Walker intentionally uses certain language in order to have a strong impact in the story and on the reader. First, it should be noted that Walker attributes this story to the memory of Zora Neale Hurston. The curse-prayer used in this story is taken directly out of Hurston's book, Mules and Men. It is Walker's way of paying tribute to Hurston. The second occurs in the third chapter when the apprentice is confronting Mrs. Holley: the conversation between the protagonist by proxy and the antagonist is well written and excellently illustrates how the apprentice subtly undermines and manipulates Mrs. Holley.