Dialogue Independent Practice

What is outer dialogue?

• A conversation between characters

• A character's internal thoughts

• A description of the setting

• A narrative about past events

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Place the _______ around the words spoken. Punctuation belongs inside the quotation marks.

• quotation marks

• parentheses

• brackets

• commas

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Place the tag in a variety of positions within the dialogue. The tag can be placed before, in the middle, or at the end of the spoken words. Where is it in this example: “Come on,” Bobby said grabbing Betty’s hand, “let’s get out of here.”

• Before the spoken words

• In the middle of the spoken words

• At the end of the spoken words

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

When the tag comes before what is said, which of the following is an example?

• "Well then, I must be going," sighed Jane.

• Without hesitation, Jane yelled, "Why are you chasing me!? I give up!"

• "Who are you," she whispered, "and where did you come from?"

• "Get away from me!" she screamed as she struggled to put her keys into the ignition.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When the tag interrupts what is said, which of the following is an example?

• A) "Well then, I must be going," sighed Jane.

• B) Without hesitation, Jane yelled, "Why are you chasing me!? I give up!"

• C) "Who are you," she whispered, "and where did you come from?"

• D) "Get away from me!" she screamed as she struggled to put her keys into the ignition.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In dialogue, what should you do each time a new person speaks?

• Start a new paragraph

• Continue in the same paragraph

• Use a semicolon

• Change the font

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

____ is a literary device that can allow conversation between two or more characters in a narrative.

• figurative language

• dialogue

• point of view

• elements of plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Dialogue is:

• words spoken by someone

• good to include in a personal narrative

• surrounded by quotation marks

• all three choices

When writing dialogue and your speaker changes, what do you need to do to the following line of text?

• Skip a line

• Indent

• Bold it

• Italicize it

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which dialogue is formatted correctly?

• "Is it this one?" they wondered.

• "Is it this one" they wondered.

• "Is it this one" they wondered."

• Is it this one? they wondered.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B