Dialogue Rule

Which of the following best defines dialogue?

• The "high point" of a story

• A conversation between two or more characters in a story

• The part of a story where the characters are introduced

• When a character's conflict is solved

Which of the following is a rule to remember?

• New speaker, new paragraph

• New speaker, same paragraph

• Never indent when a new speaker talks

• Never use quotation marks

What do you need to use to show a character is speaking in your narrative?

• Periods

• Italics

• Parentheticals

• Quotation marks

TRUE or FALSE: Dialogue is when the author describes what the character is doing

• True

• False

Exclamation and question marks...

• Go inside quotation marks

• Go outside quotation marks

• Don't need quotation marks in dialogue

• None of the above

TRUE or FALSE: Quotation marks are placed around the words a character says

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following dialogue examples has correct punctuation?

• "Let's go get some lunch" he said

• Lets go get some lunch "he said"

• "Lets go get some lunch," he said.

• "Lets go get some lunch, he said."

Which of the following follows the rules of dialogue?

• "You ate all the pizza," asked Joey.

• You ate all the pizza? asked Joey.

• "You ate all the pizza,?" asked Joey.

• "You ate all the pizza?" asked Joey.

Which of the following follows the rules of dialogue?

• Johnny said, "Can I have another slice of pie?"

• "Johnny said, Can I have another slice of pie?"

• Johnny said, Can I have another slice of pie?

• Johnny said "Can I have another slice of pie?"

Which of the following follows the rules of dialogue?

• 'I didn't go he explained because I had too much homework."

• "I didn't go," he explained, "because I had too much homework."

• "I didn't go, he explained," "Because I had too much homework.

• None are correct.