Dialogue Purpose

Dialogue is what characters

• do.

• say.

• feel.

• think.

In fiction books, authors use ___________ to show us when characters are speaking.

• periods

• captions

• question marks

• quotation marks

The words that tell us how a character says something are called _____.

• setting

• dialogue tags

• characters

• quotation marks

"Me?" said Buzz. "You want me to be your pet?" "Pleazze!"

Which answer shows the dialogue tag?

• "Me," said Buzz. "You want me to be your pet?"

• Pleazze

• "You want me to be your pet?"

• said Buzz.

It is important to pay attention to dialogue tags when we are reading because...

• Dialogue tags show us how to read the dialogue and help us understand the story.

• Dialogue tags mean characters are talking.

• Dialogue tags show us what characters do.

• Dialogue tags show us why characters do things.

It is important to pay attention to dialogue tags when we read.

• True

• False

"Chocolate? I LOVE chocolate!" shouted Katie.

Which answer shows the dialogue tag?

• I LOVE chocolate!

• shouted Katie.

• Katie

• Chocolate?

“She is acting very strange,” whispered John.

Which answer shows the dialogue tag?

• "She is acting very strange"

• John

• whispered John.

• yelled John.

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?

• I have ten fox funds! cheered Mrs. Cioccari.

• “I have" ten fox funds! cheered Mrs. Cioccari.

• “I have ten fox funds!” cheered Mrs. Cioccari.

• I have ten fox funds! "cheered Mrs. Cioccari."

Dialogue tags change the way we read the dialogue.

• True

• False