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Dialogue in a Narrative

Dialogue in a Narrative

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English

7th Grade

Hard

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Joseph Anderson

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12 Slides • 9 Questions

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3.04 Writing Dialogue

Work through each slide to learn about dialogue. As you read, answer the quiz questions to test your knowledge.

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One of the best ways to bring your narrative to life is to add dialogue.

Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people.

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How Dialogue Helps a Narrative

  • Effective dialogue always serves one of two purposes. It develops your characters or enhances your story.

  • Dialogue shows the reader what the characters feel or want. It provides details about relationships or personalities.

  • It reveals information about the plot or setting. It builds tension or increases the conflict.

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Multiple Choice

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What is dialogue?

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A conversation between two people

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Descriptions in a story

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What the characters in a story are doing

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Poll

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Click on the picture. Is this dialogue effective?

YES

NO

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This dialogue is not effective.

The conversation does not enhance the plot or develop the characters.


It could be replaced with a sentence like: Erin was upset when Javier called to say he would be late.

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Poll

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Click on the picture. Is the dialogue effective?

YES

NO

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This dialogue is effective.


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3 Simple Rules: Dialogue in a Narrative

  • Each change of speaker equals a new paragraph.

  • The quotation marks surround the speaker’s exact words and punctuation.

  • The spoken words are capitalized and punctuated normally.

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What are Taglines?

Short phrases that identify the speakers in written dialogue and give the reader information about the characters' feelings.

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How do I use taglines?

Taglines may be placed beforeafter, or between quotations.

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (5 points)

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She cried, "Help"!

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She cried "Help!"

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She cried, "help!"

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She cried, "Help!"

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (5 points)

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"Are you a doctor," she asked?

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"Are you a doctor?" she asked.

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"Are you a doctor." she asked?

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"Are you a doctor" she asked?

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. (5 points)

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"I know what happened." whispered the boy, "I saw the whole thing from my window."

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"I know what happened" whispered the boy. "I saw the whole thing from my window."

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"I know what happened," whispered the boy. "I saw the whole thing from my window."

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"I know what happened." whispered the boy. "I saw the whole thing from my window."

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Multiple Choice

The next question refers to the dialogue that follows.


(1) Logan sighed as he sat on the couch. "I can't believe we're stuck at home on the Fourth of July!"

(2) "I blame Dad," said Kerry. "He should have driven us to see fireworks instead of taking Mom to a movie."

(3) "It's going to be pretty boring watching fireworks on television." said Logan.

(4) "Oh, I've got better plans than that," laughed Kerry. "I've got four firecrackers and two model rockets. Care to join me in the backyard?"


Which paragraph features dialogue that is incorrectly punctuated? (5 points)

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Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Paragraph 3

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Paragraph 4

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Multiple Select

The next question refers to the dialogue that follows.


(1) Logan sighed as he sat on the couch. "I can't believe we're stuck at home on the Fourth of July!"

(2) "I blame Dad," said Kerry. "He should have driven us to see fireworks instead of taking Mom to a movie."

(3) "It's going to be pretty boring watching fireworks on television." said Logan.

(4) "Oh, I've got better plans than that," laughed Kerry. "I've got four firecrackers and two model rockets. Care to join me in the backyard?"

Which paragraph features dialogue that reveals information about the setting? (5 points)

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Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Paragraph 3

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Paragraph 4

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Open Ended

Copy the following conversation into the text box. Add punctuation and capitalization so the dialogue is written correctly. (CTRL + C to copy, CRTL + V to paste)


Ingrid asked how was the science fair

it was weird answered Lenny my volcano exploded and melted the table

at least it worked said Ingrid

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