
Dialogue and Characterization in Drama
Authored by Andrew Oldenburg
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Powerful dialogue can reveal:
A character's thoughts and feelings through his or her tone of voice and the way the words are spoken.
How a character interacts with others based on his or her responses and how much or how often he or she speaks.
What a character's motives or desires are based on what he or she says or avoids saying and it can reveal a character's background through his or her accent, use of slang, or mention of places or experiences.
All of the answers listed.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What purpose can dialogue serve?
It can describe secrets to the reader through detailed descriptions.
It can communicate the moral of the story
It can reveal how characters interact through lengthy conversations involving mundane moments in every day life situations.
IT can reveal characters' personality traits, feelings, thoughts, and/or motives
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is it important for a writer to choose words and lines carefully for his/her characters to say in a conversation?
A few lines of dialogue are often much more effective than a long conversation back and forth because what they say should enhance their connections, show the characters' thoughts/feelings, create action, and/or provide necessary information to move the plot forward.
It can establish a strong sense of voice for each character.
A long conversation back and forth is much more effective than a brief conversation because what they say should enhance their connections and create action, so they need time to say what they're really feeling and thinking.
A long conversation back and forth can develop the characters and show the readers that they say what they're thinking.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Give an example of how dialogue can move a story forward:
It can enhance connections between minor characters so that the reader wants to keep reading.
It can provide the reader with unnecessary information.
It can create questions in the reader's mind.
It can show how a person's words can motivate another person to take action.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What important questions should we ask ourselves when analyzing dialogue?
Is it necessary to the plot, as opposed to casual conversations in everyday life that don't really get us anywhere? AND What purpose does it serve?
What purpose does it serve?
Is it necessary to the plot? What purpose does it serve? Is a particular dialect used? Are the characters' voices unique and easy to distinguish?
Is it necessary to the plot? What purpose does it serve? Have words been chosen carefully so that the dialogue is written in a clear and concise manner? Are the characters' voices unique and easy to distinguish so that we immediately know who is speaking?
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is it important for a writer to choose word and lines carefully for his/her characters to say in a conversation?
A long conversation back and forth can develop the characters and show the readers that they say what they're thinking.
A long conversation back and forth is much more effective than a brief conversation because what they say should enhance their connections and create action, so they need time to say what they're really feeling and thinking.
It can establish a strong sense of voice for each character.
A few lines of dialogue are often much more effective than a long conversation back and forth because what they say should enhance their connections, show the characters' thoughts/feelings, create action, and/or provide necessary information to move the plot forward.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Everything that the characters say and do must move the plot forward so that:
A situation escalates, intensifying thoughts and feelings tension or suspense builds until a change takes place or something is revealed.
A situation escalates internal conflicts arise throughout the novel, short story or play.
A situation escalates, intensifying thoughts and feelings
A situation escalates, intensifying thoughts and feelings a mystery builds until everything is revealed
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
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