Dialogue Lesson

Objectives:
* Students will understand the functions of dialogue and why it is used
* Students will understand the rules used for dialogue in a narrative

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Using Dialogue in a Narrative

Dialogue Review

In a story, dialogue reveals character traits, advances the plot, provides exposition, creates tension, etc.

​Why use it?

Dialogue is the conversation between characters in a story.

What is it?

1. Punctuation marks always go inside the quotation marks

2. Examples

   "I like to read."

   "Don't go that way!"

   "Do you know where the library is?"

​Punctuation

Multiple Choice

Pick the dialogue that uses correct punctuation.

• "Mark can't go to the store today."

• "How old is your sister now"?

• "Stop! They stole my purse!".

" Are you ready for dinner? We need to hurry and eat if we want to watch Rescue 911. Are you coming? "

" What? What kind of psychopath are you? You just beat me! "

" Yes. Because you did something wrong. It doesn't mean I don't love you anymore. "

" What?"

- Noah 85

​Dialogue tags

​1. Phrase that follows a piece of written dialogue
2. They don't always need to be used but they make the speaker clear
3. Show the tone in which something is being delivered
4. Are not capitalized

Examples
"Run that way," he screamed.
"What time is it?" asked Karla.

Multiple Choice

Is this dialogue tag formatted correctly?

"We practice our drills because it is important to be ready for an emergency," Stated Principal Bravo.

• Yes

• Maybe

• No

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

Is this dialogue tag formatted correctly?

Mr. Aguilera reminded the class, "Make sure to submit your assignment."

• Yes

• Maybe

• No

• I don't know

Patricia asked," are you ready for dinner? We need to hurry and eat if we want to watch Rescue 911. Are you coming?"

" What? What kind of psychopath are you? You just beat me! " Claimed Trevor.

Yes. Because you did something wrong. It doesn't mean I don't love you anymore," she responded

" What?"

- Noah 85

How many mistakes are there in this excerpt from the book?

Multiple Choice

How many errors did you spot?

• 3

• 0

• 4

• 5

Patricia asked," are you ready for dinner? We need to hurry and eat if we want to watch Rescue 911. Are you coming?"

" What? What kind of psychopath are you? You just beat me! " Claimed Trevor.

Yes. Because you did something wrong. It doesn't mean I don't love you anymore," she responded

" What?"

- Noah 85

How many mistakes are there in this excerpt from the book?