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Creative Writing Unit: Understanding Dialogue
Creative Writing Unit: Understanding Dialogue
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1
TRUE or FALSE?
Dialogue
is one of the elements of
CREATIVE WRITING
.
False
True
2
RULES FOR WRITING DIALOGUE:
You should start a new ____________ each time the speaker in a narrative changes.
paragraph
clause
story
prepositional phrase
3
TRUE or FALSE?
When only
TWO
characters are talking, you do not have to keep using their names.
FALSE
TRUE
4
A writer should use _________________ for quotes
WITHIN
quotes.
SINGLE quotation marks
DOUBLE quotation marks
a semicolon
a prepositional phrase
5
Which is
NOT
a characteristic of
DIALOGUE
?
It can add INTEREST and DRAMATIC EFFECT to a story.
It can help develop PLOT.
It is a written conversation between TWO OR MORE characters.
It is only found in NON-FICTION writing.
6
Use a ______________________ if the quote is a
STATEMENT
and a speaker tag follows it.
period
semicolon
comma
colon
7
Prose
writing is found in__________________.
magazine articles
newspaper articles
all of the above
novels
8
RULES FOR WRITING DIALOGUE
: Punctuation marks must always be placed __________.
......in another part of the narrative. They are not used with dialogue.
......inside of quotation marks.
.......outside of quotation marks.
.......at the beginning of a quote.
9
Another name for
SPEAKER TAG
is _______________.
convo tag
speech tag
header
footer
10
Which sentence shows the
CORRECT
use of
DIALOGUE
?
"Come on in, " he said, "The water is really warm."
"Come on in he said. "The water is really warm,
"Come on in," he said, "the water is really warm."
"Come on in," he said; 'the water is really warm.'
11
A label used to identify a character is known as a(n) _______________.
quotation
annotation
appositive
speaker or speech tag
12
Identify the
SPEAKER TAG
: "I am going out of my mind!" Ethan exclaimed. "I can't find my xylophone, anywhere!"
Ethan exclaimed
"I am going out of my mind!"
Ethan
exclaimed
13
Which sentence shows the
CORRECT
use of dialogue?
"I can't believe it," she said, "you finally agreed to go skydiving!"
"I can't believe it, she said, "You finally agreed to go skydiving!"
"I can't believe it," She said, "you finally agreed to go skydiving!"
"I can't believe it" she said. "You finally agreed to go skydiving"
14
What is
MISSING
from the following
DIALOGUE EXAMPLE
? "I love Jerry's new skateboard! Rania exclaimed.
a semicolon
closing quotation marks
opening quotation marks
a comma
15
Which sentence shows the
CORRECT
use of
DIALOGUE
?
He said, "Mr. Fabbo said 'Recess will be outside today!'"
He said: Mr. Fabbo said "Recess will be outside today!"
He said, "Mr. Faboo said "Recess will be outside today!"
He said, "Mr. Fabbo said 'Recess will be outside today!'
16
Creative writing
can be found in which of the following:
biographies
scripts / screenplays
speeches
all of the above
