Internal and External Dialogue

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What is the definition of dialogue?

• A conversation between multiple characters or a character's conversation with themselves.​

• A problem between two characters.

• The part in the story that introduces characters and the setting.

External dialogue is:

• A character's inner thoughts.

• What a character says out loud.

• How a character feels in a story.

Which of the following is NOT a rule for the structure of external dialogue?

• You must have quotation marks around the dialogue.

• You always need a dialogue tag.

• You should always capitalize the first letter of the sentence.

• Punctuation goes inside of the quotation mark.

"Said" is dead! Which of these dialogue tags shows us that a character is shy?

• She responded happily.

• She said with a smile on her face.

• She replied quietly.

• She said with excitement.

Which of the following dialogue tags show that a character is asking a question? PICK TWO

• Asked

• Answered

• Questioned

• Replied

Which of the following answers is the correct version of this external dialogue?

"Hey Grace yelled, wait for me!"

• Hey! Grace yelled "wait for me"

• "Hey! Grace yelled, wait for me!"

• "Hey!" Grace yelled, "wait for me."

• "Hey! Grace yelled. wait for me"

Which of the following answers is the correct version of this external dialogue?

"I am so excited! Yasmine squealed."

• "I am so excited"! Yasmine squealed.

• "i am so excited!" Yasmine squealed.

• "I am so excited Yasmine squealed!

• "I am so excited!" Yasmine squealed.

What is missing from this external dialogue?

"leave me alone!" he shouted to his teacher.

• Capital letter

• Punctuation

• Quotation mark

True or False: Punctuation needs to go inside of the quotes in external dialogue.

• True

• False