How to Write Dialogue

How comfortable do you feel with writing dialogue?

• Not comfortable

• Need some practice

• Okay

• Fantastic!

What should be used to show dialogue?

• quotation marks

• commas

• apostrophes

• italics

A conversation between 2+ people or characters is called

• talking

• lecture

• dialog

• dialogue

What punctuation is typically used to indicate dialogue in English writing?

• Quotation marks

• Commas

• Apostrophes

• Colons

Which of the following is a rule for writing dialogue?

• Always use a new paragraph for each speaker

• Use italics for dialogue

• Start with a capital letter only if it's a question

• Never use punctuation

What is the purpose of dialogue in a story?

• To describe the setting

• To develop characters and advance the plot

• To provide background information

• To list events

Which of the following sentences correctly uses dialogue?

• He said, 'Let's go to the park.'

• He said, Let's go to the park.

• He said: Let's go to the park.

• He said 'Let's go to the park'.

How should a dialogue tag be punctuated?

• Inside the quotation marks

• Outside the quotation marks

• With a semicolon

• With a colon

What is a dialogue tag?

• A phrase that indicates who is speaking

• A type of punctuation

• A synonym for dialogue

• A part of speech

Which of the following is an example of indirect dialogue?

• He said he was going to the store.

• 'I'm going to the store,' he said.

• 'He said, I'm going to the store.'

• He said: 'I'm going to the store.'