Characters (Dialogue)

Dialogue is what characters

• do.

• say.

• feel.

• think.

In comics and graphic novels dialogue can be found in...

• quotation marks.

• speech bubbles.

• captions.

• their mouths.

In picture or chapter books, authors use ___________ to punctuate dialogue and show what characters say.

• periods

• captions

• question marks

• quotation marks

Why does Buzz say on this page from A Pet for Fly Guy?

• Buzz said, "Let's think about this whole pet thing."

• "Let's think about this whole pet thing."

• Buzz said

• Yezz

The words that tell who said the dialogue and how they said it are called _____.

• captions

• tags

• dialogue

• quotation marks

What is the tag on this page?

• "Me," said Buzz. "You want me to be your pet?"

• Pleazze

• "You want me to be your pet?"

• said Buzz

Which is correct?

• No, no, by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin! said the little pig.

• "No, no, by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin! said the little pig."

• "No, no, by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!" said the little pig.

• No, no, by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!" said the little pig.

It is important to think about dialogue when we are reading because... (Choose all that apply.)

• thinking about it is one way we can tell what kind of characters are in a story.

• it helps us understand why characters do things.

• it helps us understand how characters feel.

• it is what characters do.

• it is why characters do things.

It is important to think about dialogue when we read.

• true

• false

It is not important to think about dialogue when we read.

• true

• false