Dialogue Dialogue Dialogue is the conversation between characters

Dialogue

Dialogue • Dialogue is the conversation between characters. • Shows feelings and emotions in the characters.

What Does Dialogue Looks Like? “That burnt my tongue!” said Sam. Ø This is an example of dialogue. It shows that someone is speaking. Ø Each time a new person speaks, a new paragraph starts.

“That burnt my tongue!” said Sam Dialogue always has quotation marks.

“That burnt my tongue!” said Sam BEGINS WITH A CAPITOL LETTER

At the end add ! ? . , “That burnt my tongue!” said Sam The comma is used in place of the period unless the tag comes first. Sam said, “That burnt my tongue. ”

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 bellowed agreed laughed cried questioned exclaimed sighed

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.

Using Descriptions • How can we concrete words in this sentence? The girl played with her doll. Harper played with her Monster High Doll.

Using Descriptions The steel worker drove to Pittsburgh in his pickup truck. The tired steel worker drove to Pittsburgh in his brown pickup truck.

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.

Using Descriptions Harper played with her Monster High Doll. Harper played with her purple haired Monster High Doll.

REVIEW DIALOGUE DESCRIPTIONS ü Talking between characters ü Creates a picture for your reader. ü Shows feelings and thoughts ü Gives a lot of details ü Begins and ends with ü A good story will have lots quotation marks. of descriptions and balances ü Shows who said it. with dialogue. ü New paragraph each time a new person speaks