Dialogue and Dialogue Tags

1. Dialogue and Dialogue Tags Miss Gay English 7

2. Dialogue • Dialogue is the exact words of a character. • Use quotation marks to show where the dialogue begins and ends. • Ex: “Please sit down and be quiet,” Miss Gay said to the class.

3. Dialogue Rules • Rule #1- A direct quote begins with a capital letter. • Rule #2- The end mark goes inside the quotations. • Ex: Tom yelled with excitement, “We won the game!”

4. Dialogue Rules • Rule #3- If a quotation comes at the beginning of a sentence, a comma follows it. (put the comma before the last quotation mark) • Ex: “Please sit down,” she yelled. • Rule #4- If a quotation comes at the end of a sentence, a comma comes before the quotation. • Ex: Tom said, “We won the game.”

5. Dialogue Rules • Rule #5- If a quotation is interrupted, a comma follows the first part and precedes the second part. The second part of the quotation begins with a small letter. • Ex: “The time of the game,” announced the coach, “has not been announced yet.”

6. Dialogue Rules • Rule #6- When a quotation consists of several sentences, put quotation marks at the beginning and end of the quotation. • Ex: “Mom, please let me go. I promise I will be home by 9:00. All of my friends are going to be there,” Sara whined loudly.

7. Dialogue Practice- Use punctuation to correct the following sentences. • Who let a dog in here? he kept shouting. • The manager screamed somebody grab that dog! • The manager said don’t you know not to bring a dog into a grocery store • I’m calling the police the manager grumbled if you ever come back to this store.

8. Dialogue and Dialogue Tags • Dialogue tags tell who is speaking and how they are speaking. • Dialogue tags allow the reader to hear the conversation. • Ex: “Is anybody home?” he said. • Ex: “Is anybody home?” the girl yelled with excitement. • Ex: “Is anybody home?” he whispered nervously. • Ex: “Is anybody home?” the monster roared.

9. Dialogue and Dialogue Tags • Types of dialogue tags: • Strong verbs- “Wow, he is so cute,” she giggled. • Adding an adverb (-ly word)- “Wow, he is so cute,” she giggled nervously. • Adding more information to the tag.- “Wow, he is so cute,” the shy girl whispered to her friend.

10. Dialogue and Dialogue Tags- Identify and replace the boring tags. • “Try saying that again to my face,” said Eva. • “Be careful. They might hear us,” she said. • The principal remarked, “Get in my office now.” • “Uh..I want to ask you something,” said Kevin.

11. Dialogue and Dialogue Tags • With a partner, write ten sentences using dialogue. Remember your punctuation rules and use exciting dialogue tags. (Try to use several different types of dialogue.)