Writing a dialogue

Lesson: Writing a dialogue 

A dialogue is when characters speak to each other in a story. 

Speech marks "...." are used to show the exact words a character says. 

Ex: "I'm hungry," said Tom. 

Important Rules: 

1. Put speech marks around the words that are spoken. " I love football,"
2. Start a new line when a different person speaks. " Hello ! " said Ahmed.

" Hi ! " replied Omar. 

     3. Use punctuation inside the speech marks.

" Come here ! " 

" Are you alright ? "

" I like apples,"

     4. Use a reporting clauses to tell who is speaking." I'm ready," said Mia 

     5 .Reporting verbs: said , cried , replied , explained , shouted