Dialogue

Dialogue is

• a conversation between/amongst characters
• a verb
• when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
• boring

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?
• "
• '
• ,

_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.

• Indent
• Capitalize
• Underline
• Delete

Speech tags tell you who spoke. In the following example, which part is the speech tag?

"Let's visit the museum," suggested Samantha

• "Let's visit the museum"

• suggested Samantha.

• museum," suggested

True or False: When writing dialogue, all punctuation marks at the end of the quotation go inside the quotation marks.

• True

• False

Which of these lines of dialogue sounds the most realistic?

• "I do not wish to touch or handle poisonous snakes."
• "I am opposed to the idea of touching and handling poisonous snakes."
• "Touching poisonous snakes or handling them is anathema to my nature."
• "Ahh! Get that poisonous snake away from me!"

Which sentence is correct?

• "A little bit of both," I replied "because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."

• "A little bit of both," I replied, "Because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."

• "A little bit of both," I replied. "Because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."

• "A little bit of both," I replied, "because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."

A conversation between characters (what they say out loud) is called...

• DIALOGUE

• INNER MONOLOGUE

What is the purpose of a dialogue tag?

• It tells the reader what the author thinks

• It tells the reader who said the quote and how they said it

• It tells the reader what the narrator sees

• It tells the reader what is happening in the background