Adding Dialogue and Clue Words

This video tutorial teaches how to add dialogue and clue words to narrative responses in literature. It covers the writing process, the use of punctuation and clue words to express characters' feelings, and provides a step-by-step guide to incorporating dialogue. The tutorial includes practical examples and emphasizes revising drafts to enhance character expression.

What is the main purpose of adding dialogue and clue words in a narrative?

• To add more characters to the story

• To make the story longer

• To show what characters are saying, thinking, and feeling

• To confuse the reader

How can you identify when a character is speaking in a narrative?

• By looking for quotation marks

• By finding words in bold

• By looking for italics

• By checking for underlined text

What punctuation mark is used when a character asks a question?

• Exclamation mark

• Question mark

• Period

• Comma

Which word indicates that the fox is being sarcastic in the example provided?

• Grin

• Sadly

• Brightly

• Hungrily

What is the first step in adding dialogue and clue words to a narrative?

• Add punctuation randomly

• Reread your story and find where characters are talking

• Change the story's setting

• Write a new story

What should you do after identifying where characters are talking in your draft?

• Change the plot

• Add more characters

• Ask how the character is feeling and what words can show this

• Ignore it

In the example, how does the coyote express his feeling about the fish?

• Calmly

• Angrily

• Hungrily

• Sadly

What word is used to show the fox's excitement about the bear pulling his tail out?

• Happily

• Laughing

• Quietly

• Sadly

What is the final step in adding dialogue to a narrative?

• Add quotation marks to show where dialogue begins and ends

• Add more characters

• Change the setting

• Rewrite the entire story

What have you learned in this lesson about dialogue and clue words?

• How to change the story's genre

• How to remove characters from a story

• How to add dialogue and clue words to show character feelings

• How to write a new story