Writing Effective Dialogue

Identify the dialogue tag in the following sentence:
Christian cried, "He's not playing fair!"

• Christian 
• Christian cried
• He's not
• playing fair

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

Why is dialogue important in a story? Check all that apply.

• Dialogue is important in moving your story forward.

• Dialogue can give the reader clues about what will happen later in the story.

• Dialogue can share background information with the reader.

• Dialogue helps you become familiar with the characters.

How should dialogue be used? Check all that apply.

• Say the obvious.

• Incorporate the "meet and greet."

• Include conflict between the characters.

• Reveal a character's personality.

Each time a different speaker begins to speak, you should...

• continue the same paragraph

• introduce a new conflict

• start a new paragraph

• reveal a new character trait

When writing dialogue what must you do when a new speaker talks? (Click ALL that apply)

• Capitalize the speaker's tag.

• Make a new paragraph.

• Indent.

• Highlight the text.

Check all that apply: One response in dialogue can shift the ____ in your story.

• tone

• conflict

• characters

• pacing

What time is break Jackie asked

• "What time is break." Jackie asked.

• "What time is break?" Jackie asked.

• What time is break Jackie asked?

The announcer yelled He’s going to make it to the end zone!

• The announcer yelled, "He's going to make it to the end zone!"

• The announcer yelled "he's going to make it to the end zone"!

Which sentence is written correctly? (look carefully)

• "Baseball is the best sport," Austin stated, "and my favorite team is the Cubs."

• "Baseball is the best sport, Austin stated, and my favorite team is the Cubs."