Dialogue

Dialogue is used when...

• something exciting happens

• a problem arises in the text

• characters are speaking

• a theme is presented

What are the 3 parts of dialogue? (Check 3)

• punctuation

• quote introduction

• tag

• spoken words

• point of view

What separates the dialogue from the tag?

• comma

• quotation marks

• period

• apostrophe

True or False: You use "' when creating dialogue.

• True

• False

True or False: You use "' when citing dialogue.

• True

• False

What is a tag in dialogue?

• the person who is speaking

• who is speaking/how they say it

• the overview of the story

• a game you play with friends

Which word should you avoid using in your tags too much?

• mentioned

• I

• questioned

• said

True or False: Quotation marks go around the tag.

• True

• False

True or False: You need to use parentheses when writing dialogue.

• True

• False

What do you need to capitalize in dialogue? (choose 2)

• tag words

• first word of the spoken words

• beginning of the sentence

• all spoken parts with emphasis