Dialogue Practice

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What is dialogue?

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Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a story.

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What punctuation is used to indicate spoken words?

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Quotation marks (" ") are used to indicate spoken words.

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How do you start a quotation?

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You start a quotation with a capital letter.

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What do you need to add before a quotation when it follows a statement?

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You need to add a comma before the quotation.

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What is the purpose of using paragraphs in dialogue?

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Each speaker gets a new paragraph to make it clear who is speaking.

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What is the correct way to write a question in dialogue?

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A question in dialogue should end with a question mark inside the quotation marks.

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How do you indicate a pause in dialogue?

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You can use ellipses (...) to indicate a pause in dialogue.

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What is a tag in dialogue?

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A tag is a phrase that attributes the dialogue to a speaker, like 'he said' or 'she asked'.

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What should you do if a character speaks for more than one paragraph?

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You should start a new paragraph each time the character speaks.

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What is the rule for punctuation at the end of a quotation?

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Punctuation marks like periods and commas go inside the quotation marks.