Dialogue and Dialogue Tags

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Dialogue and Dialogue Tags

• Miss Gay
• English 7

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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 900. All of my friends are going to be
  there, Sara whined loudly.

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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 dont you know not to bring a
  dog into a grocery store
• Im calling the police the manager grumbled if
  you ever come back to this store.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.)