Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts. What am I thinking right now?

Why is dialogue particularly important in a short story? Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts. What are the rules for using speech?

At eight o'clock that same night, I'm stumbling down Aibileen's street as discreetly as one can carrying a fifty-pound Corona typewriter. I knock softly, already dying for another cigarette to calm my nerves. Aibileen answers and I slip inside. She's wearing the same green dress and stiff black shoes as last time. I try to smile, like I'm confident it will work this time, despite the idea she explained over the phone. "Could we... sit in the kitchen this time?" I ask. "Would you mind?" "Alright. Ain't nothing to look at, but come on back." The kitchen is about half the size of the living room and warmer. It smells like tea and lemons. The black-and-white linoleum floor has been scrubbed thin. There's just enough counter for the china tea set. I set the typewriter on a scratched red table under the window. Aibileen starts to pour the hot water into the teapot. "Oh, none for me, thanks," I say and reach in my bag. "I brought us some Co-Colas if you want one." I've tried to come up with ways to make Aibileen more comfortable. Number One: Don't make Aibileen feel like she has to serve me. "Well, ain't that nice. I usually don't take my tea till later anyway." She brings over an opener and two glasses. I drink mine straight from the bottle and seeing this, she pushes the glasses aside, does the same.

Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts. What are the rules for using speech? “I can see that you are misbehaving, Dana,” said the teacher. “Don’t be rude.” You need a comma before ‘Said the…’ if the person is going to continue speaking.

Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts. What are the rules for using speech? “Take care!” shouted the fireman to the crowd. “The building is about to collapse!” BUT if you need to use an exclamation or question mark, that’s fine.

Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts. What are the rules for using speech? “Take care!” shouted the fireman to the crowd. “The building is about to collapse!” Never use a capital letter after the speech punctuation UNLESS it’s someone’s name or any proper noun.

A line of dialogue must have the following (in any order): 1.who is speaking; 2.how they spoke; 3.what they said; 4.what they are doing at the same time. "What are you doing?" asked Mum anxiously, putting her hands on her hips. Opening the door to the classroom, the teacher shouted "Time for lunch!" and watched her class run outside. Now try for yourself! At least 5 sentences! Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts.

dialogue-writing-character-thoughts/ Lesson Objective: To examine the effective use of dialogue in texts. Characters’ thoughts should NOT be marked in with quotation marks. You should see them as extra dialogue and start a new line for new speech. You can use italics to demonstrate character thought. Montrose tilted his head to get a clearer view of the hoyden behind Giselle. They look nothing alike. He dismissed the two of them with the flick of a wrist. And neither looks like my Margaret. Stupid, ignorant fool. I should have known better than to believe. Than to hope...