1. Developing Dialogue
Why and When it’s used

2. Reasons we talk…… To get/ give information To share feelings
To make plans
To pass time
To give instructions
To share opinions
Characters talk for the same reasons, but authors do not record EVERY conversation as in a typical day; that would be BORING!

3. Colorful Conversation
Dialogue has TWO main functions:
1. To tell us more about characters
2. To move the plot forward

4. Just ask Tim and Moby!
BrainPop Dialogue Video!

5. A Colorful Conversation with Dionte
Underline in blue any words or phrases
that tell about Samantha
Underline in green any words/ phrases for Mrs. Mann.
Underline in red the part of the dialogue that suggests what will happen next.

6. He Said, She Said with Dionte
Things to ponder……
?How do the two characters know each other?
?What has happened?
?What are they saying to each other?

7. How do we PUNCTUATE Dialogue?
All dialogue needs:
Quotation marks around words said
A speech tag of who said it
A new paragraph when the speaker changes
A comma to seperate dialogue from speech tags

8. Punctuating Dialogue with Dionte
Circle quotation marks in blue
Circle commas in red
Circle end punctuation in green
Put a yellow dot where a new paragraph begins

9. Just ask Tim and Moby!
One more time…..to test our knowledge!