Conflict, Dialogue, and Sensory Details

The telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama

• Narration

• Dialogue

• Dialogue Tag

• Dialogue Formatting

Conversation between two or more characters

• Narration

• Dialogue

• Dialogue Tag

• Dialogue Formatting

Characters' thoughts should be written using...

• italics

• underlining

• bold font

• ALL CAPS

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within the mind of a single character

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

A struggle between a character and an outside force

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

Describing a character in a straightforward manner (ex. "Moana is compassionate.")

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

Bringing a character to life by showing the character's actions, dialogue, and thoughts (ex. "'I'll protect you!' Moana said to the baby turtle.")

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

• Direct Characterization

• Indirect Characterization

Which of the following does not include sensory details?

• The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattle snake.

• The baking cake filled the kitchen with a vanilla aroma.

• The juicy tartness of the orange slices overwhelmed her.

• The exciting roller coaster made the girl very scared.

Which of the following does not include sensory details?

• The cracking of wood splitting punctuated each burst of fire like an exclamation point.

• The slivered moon sat in the sky like a half-eaten cookie.

• The wild crowd filled the air with noise.

• The dark greens and birdsongs of rolling pastures surrounded her.

1. Which literary technique is used in the following line?

2. "Our soldiers are as brave as wolves."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Symbolism