Dialogue Dialogue is the conversation between characters Shows feelings and emotions in the characters That burnt my tongue said Sam This is an example of dialogue It shows that someone is speaking ID: 411524
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DialogueSlide2
Dialogue
Dialogue is the conversation between characters.
Shows feelings and emotions in the characters. Slide3
“That burnt my tongue!” said Sam
.
This is an example of dialogue. It shows that someone is speaking
.
Each time a new person speaks, a new paragraph starts.
What Does Dialogue Looks Like?Slide4
“
That burnt my tongue!
”
said Sam
Dialogue always has quotation marks
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Begins with a capitol letter
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hat burnt my tongue!” said SamSlide6
“
That burnt my tongue!” said Sam
At the end add ! ? .
,
The comma is used in place of the period unless the tag comes first.
Sam said, “That burnt my tongue.”Slide7
Tag Words
Most common is SAID, but you can use others to better describe how the character said those words.
Just remember to use a tag word that makes sense! Don’t use questioned if it is a statement.
Other tag words:
shouted
cried
bellowed
questioned
agreed
exclaimed
laughed
sighedSlide8
Descriptions
Vague nouns are nouns that do not give any details about the person place or thing.
Like in the following sentence:
The
man drove to the city in his car. If we replace the vague nouns in the sentence with concrete ones we create a better picture.
The
steel worker
drove to
Pittsburgh
in his
pickup truck
.Slide9
Using Descriptions
How can we concrete words in this sentence?
The
girl
played with her
doll.Harper played with her
Monster High Doll
.Slide10
Using Descriptions
The
steel worker
drove to
Pittsburgh
in his pickup truck.
The
tired
steel worker
drove to
Pittsburgh
in his
brown
pickup truck
. Slide11
Using Descriptions
The tired steel worker drove to Pittsburgh in his brown pickup truck.
Let’s describe tired!
With droopy eyes and a long yawn,
the tired steel worker drove to Pittsburgh in his brown pickup truck. Slide12
Using Descriptions
Harper
played with her
Monster High Doll.
Harper
played with her purple haired
Monster High Doll. Slide13
REVIEW
DIALOGUE
Talking between characters
Shows feelings and thoughts
Begins and ends with quotation marks.
Shows who said it.
New paragraph each time a new person speaks
DESCRIPTIONS
Creates a picture for your reader.
Gives a lot of details
A good story will have lots of descriptions and balances with dialogue.