• Take a Scavenger Hunt Quiz 2 from the front table. • Using your handouts and/or notes, complete the quiz. You may work

with a partner or in groups if you so wish.• You may write on the quiz paper.• Note that there is a word bank on the back.

• Turn your quiz into Ms. Hargen when you are finished.• Read or do some other activity quietly while you wait for others to

finish their quizzes.

Dialogue

Writing Dialogue• Attributive — an attributive credits the speech to the person who said it.E.g. He said, she said, he exclaimed, she yelled, he muttered, she announced

“I’ve won the lottery!” he shouted. She said, “You complete me.”

Avoid overly dramatic or odd attributives (e.g. harangued, retorted, pontificated, averred, elaborated)

• Beat — a beat is a piece of action, description, or internal processing for the speaker, which also indicates who is talking.

John slammed his fist on the table, his nostrils flaring. “I told you, I’m not going!”

“I’ll go pack.” My hands left sweatprints on the chair.

Commas, Quotes, and Question MarksIntroducing dialogue with an attributive:Nick said, "I'm going to buy myself a triple cheeseburger and a super sized order of fries."

Following dialogue with an attributive:"I'm going to buy myself a triple cheeseburger and a super size order of fries,” Nick said.

Question mark before attributive:Do you want one of my fries?" Nick asked.

Comma outside of quotation marks

Comma outside of quotation marks

Question mark within quotation marks, no comma

Formatting Dialogue• When you change speakers, you must change paragraphs.

“I don’t know that I can enjoy any kind of water anymore.”“Why not?” I already knew.“After that little girl, little Ann Nash, was left in the creek to

drown.” She paused to sip her tea. “I knew her, you know.”

• As long as one speaker is talking, stay in the same paragraph, except if that speaker is long-winded.

Helps reader follow along and know who is speaking; don’t always need attributives or beats

Dialogue Punctuation (5 min)Paragraph and punctuate the following dialogue:

no pictures of the fish? not yet he replied she paused and then asked somebody is really gonna pay you a hundred thousand? He sighed well, at least fifty that’s if I get what he wants she said what are you going to do with all that money? he shrugged try to buy you back Catherine’s laugh died in her throat she looked hurt that’s not really funny, R.J. I guess not

Dialogue Punctuation

Classwork/Homework: Hills Like White Elephants by Hemingway• Select 3 markers and create a

key at the top of your paper to color code lines for 1) the American, 2) the girl, and 3) the bartender.• Highlight the dialogue with the

color corresponding to the speaker. • Circle attributives.• Bracket beats.

= the American= the girl= the bartender

“What should we drink?” the girl asked.

“I’ve never seen one.” [The man drank his beer.]

Examples

Key

You do not need to answer the questions at the end of the story.