Dialogue topics
Telling a story
w/
a teacher/administrator
talking
w/ friends
w/
a parent
a conversation in a public place
at
camp
asking
for directions
w/
a flyer-hander-outer
an argument
w/
parents
w/
sibling(s)
w/
a friend
w/
a teacher
new friend / acquaintance
small talk
w/
peer(s)
w/
adult(s)
if you and someone else are lost
about a visit to the doctor, dentist, veterinarian, etc.
about a current event
about something traumatic
effective dialogue
- starts
w/ a question
- has
pauses
- has
narration giving stage directions/ what the characters are doing
physically
- varied
punctuation
- exclamations
/ noises
- includes
tone
- uses
dialect / vernacular
- is
real – could happen
- personalities
come through
- peopleÕs
words work off each other
- when
there is variation in how the narrator tells us who is speaking
- when
the speaker is clear
narration giving body languageÉ what the characters are
doing physically
- serious
because of lowered eyes
- picking
up object(s)
- smiling
whle on phone
- looking
surprised – wide eyes
- looking
interested – smiling
- pained
smile – half smile, less effort
- interested
– eyes focused showing where their attention is going
- involved
– staring at what they are doing
- smiling
mid-action
- leaning
in towards other people
- blushing
- head
down or to the side
- relaxed
– leaning back
- head
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