Dialogue

Dialogue

Objectives:

Identify and use dialogue within writing.

​What is dialogue?

​Dialogue is when characters are speaking within written text.

Multiple Choice

What is dialogue?

• When a log dies

• When a character is thinking

• When a character is talking

• When there is a speech bubble

​How do we show dialogue?

​There are no speech bubbles to show that characters are talking in regular books.

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• ​Authors use special punctuation

• ​Authors use dialogue tags

​Quotation Marks

Quotation marks go around the words that are being spoken.

​"I'm going to Disneyland," Mary yelled.

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• ​The words I'm going to Disneyland were spoken.

  • We put quotation marks around those words​​

  The words Mary yelled identifies who and how the person was speaking.

  • ​We call this a dialogue tag

Multiple Choice

What special punctuation goes around the speaking parts?

• period

• quotation mark

• exclamation marks

• comma

Multiple Choice

Which symbol shows quotation marks?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence shows an example of dialogue?

• Brianna walked quickly to the cafeteria.

• Ms. Pushies told me to do my homework.

• "Can I play with you," Erik asked.

• Eduardo played with Kingston on the playground.

​Sometimes dialogue looks different.

​The author might use other words to describe speaking.

• ​called, asked, whined, screamed

​The speaking words can come at the beginning or end of a sentence.

• ​He said, "Please come with me."

• ​"Please come with me," he said.

Multiple Select

Select ALL the examples of dialogue.

• Patricia yelled, "Let's go to lunch!"

• "I really like the pizza," Sanaa stated.

• "Why do I," David sighed, "have detention?"

• Emiliana smiled and spoke to her friend.

​Punctuating Dialogue

​In a comic, we just write the speaking parts in a speech bubble.

​In a book, we use special punctuation to show speaking parts.

​Speaking Part First

​If the speaking part comes first then

1. put a quotation mark first

2. ​put a comma after last spoken word

3. ​put a quotation mark after the comma

4. ​add your speech tag

5. ​punctuate it with a period

Multiple Choice

Which dialogue is correctly punctuated?

• "Can I go to the store" asked Ruby.

• Can I go to the store, asked Ruby.

• "Can I go to the store asked Ruby.

• "Can I go to the store," asked Ruby.

​Speaking Part Last

​If the speaking part comes last then

1. ​Add the speech tag

2. ​put a comma after the speech tag

3. ​put quotation at the beginning of the speaking part

4. ​put the correct ending punctuation

5. ​put the quotation after the punctuation

Multiple Choice

Which dialogue is correctly punctuated?

• Then Selene cried, "Wait for me"

• Then Selene cried, "Wait for me!"

• Then Selene cried, Wait for me!

• Then Selene cried, Wait for me!"

Multiple Choice

Which dialogue is correct?

• Jazmin and Jazmine said they would go to the store.

• Aubry whined, "Do I have to go?"

• Of course you do, said William.

• "Then Sidney said, Where is the store at?"