Homework - Writing Clear and Realistic Sounding Dialogue
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Correct the mistakes in this text
"Help! I'm falling!
yelled Mike.
Amy spun around, "Grab my hand and hold on. I'll try to pull you up." She laid
down and reached over the cliff. "Can you reach"? "My arm," said Mike, "it's not
long enough."
"I've got a rope in my bag " said Amy. She pulled out a coil of rope and unwound
it.
Mike grabbed hold of the rope, gratefully. "I'll try to pull myself up," he explained.
"can you hold it okay?"
Slowly, Mike climbed up onto the top of the cliff, Amy holding onto the end of the
rope with all her might.
we did it," shouted Amy, jumping for joy.
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Now rewrite the following pieces of dialogue to make them sound more realistic
I wish to have your attention.
You have just walked mud over
the floor which I have spent the
morning cleaning.
I suddenly feel pain. I would
like to know if there is a reason
that you cannot walk more
carefully. You have just trodden
on my foot.
Punctuating Direct Speech
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Speech marks 'hug' the spoken words
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Each change in speaker starts with a
new line
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A comma separates the direct speech
from a reporting clause, unless the
speech ends in ? or !
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Direct speech begins with a capital
letter, unless the sentence is interrupted
by a reporting clause
Realistic dialogue
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Contractions for smooth
sounding rhythm
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Exclamations
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Often shorter sentences
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Informal language and
sentence structure
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Informal punctuation