Dialogue Flashcard

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What is dialogue?

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A conversation between two or more people/characters.

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What are quotation marks?

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Punctuation marks used to indicate the exact words spoken by someone, represented as "".

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How should you write a sentence with dialogue?

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Start with a capital letter, use quotation marks around the spoken words, and end with appropriate punctuation inside the quotation marks.

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Identify the correct use of quotation marks: Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"

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Correct use of quotation marks.

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What is the purpose of dialogue in a story?

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To show conversations between characters and develop the plot.

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Which of the following is incorrect? "Jane said, I really want to eat Cheetos."

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Incorrect because it lacks quotation marks around the spoken words.

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What punctuation is used to indicate a pause in dialogue?

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A comma is used before the opening quotation mark.

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What is the correct way to write: Cliff exclaimed, "Sixth grade is the best year yet!"?

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It is written correctly.

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What do you call the part of a sentence that is spoken by a character?

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Dialogue.

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How do you indicate a character's thoughts in writing?

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Use italics or quotation marks, depending on the style.