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<h1>What's the purpose for dialogue in a story?</h1>
<span style="color: purple;">Select the correct emoji answer to progess.</span>
<h3>[[Q1.1 Expression<-💚Show Feelings]]
[[Q1.2 Conflict<-⚔️Conflict]]</h3><h2>LOOP BACK</h2>
Certainly dialogue is a way to demonstrate character expression and feelings, but it's not the primary purpose.
<h3>[[Q1 What is Dialog in Fiction Writing<-Return to the question.]]</h3> <h2>CORRECT</h2>
//The number-one purpose of dialogue is to heighten the emotional stakes and increase the conflict and tension. These two elements should always be part of a well-plotted novel. Whenever the drama between two characters is escalating emotionally, that’s the time to break off the narrative and inject some dialogue.//- quoted from [[penultimateword.com |https://tinyurl.com/yytdopzq]]
<h3>[[Q2 How to format dialogue?<-Go to the next question.]]</h3>
<h2>How to Format Dialogue</h2>
Dialogue is formatted in a certain way. <span style="color: blue;">Firstmanuscript.com</span> lays down the basic rules for formatting below.
<blockquote cite="https://firstmanuscript.com/format-dialogue">
1. Enclose the spoken words with double quotation marks.
2. Dialogue tags (the he asked/she said portions) stay outside the quotes and get separated by a comma.
3. Actions that occur before or after the dialogue go in a separate sentence.
4. Punctuation goes inside the quotes.
5. If you have to quote something within the dialogue, use single quotation marks.
6. Start a new paragraph every time you change speakers. If the speaker performs actions linked to the dialogue, keep everything in the same paragraph.
7. If an action interrupts a sentence in the dialogue, use lower case on the first letter of the second fragment.
8. If the same speaker talks long enough to require a new paragraph, place opening quotation marks at the beginning of each paragraph.
From [[Firstmanuscript.com |https://firstmanuscript.com/format-dialogue]] Pay a visit to their page to learn more.</blockquote>
Now we know the basics of dialog. Answer the question below.
<span style="color: purple;">Is the dialogue sentence below correct? Select the correct emoji answer to progess.</span>
<b>'This lesson is awesome.'</b>
<h3>[[Q2.2 Single quotation is correct<-😈 Looks good. Progress.]]
[[Q2.1 Single quotation is incorrect<-😇 Um, don't think so. Move on to next.]]</h3>!Welcome to TWC Text-Based Learning
This lesson was compiled by your Evil Overlord and Clown School Casters specifically for [[The Writer's Circus (TWC)|https://discord.gg/yH6vcPX]]
<span style="green">@Class Attendees</span>. It aims to be an interactive, self-paced lesson with tips and advice from various references on the given subject.
Complete the lesson assignments in the <span style=”blue”>#〘🍏〙class-assignments</span> channel for the chance to earn some cake points.😈
!!!This course is about dialogue
It was designed for beginner writers. So more experienced writers may like to check out other resources or streaming opportunities around the TWC server.
In this short course, you'll learn some dialogue basics.
⭐ ''Purpose''
⭐ ''Format''
⭐ ''Variations''
By the end of this course, you should have an understanding of dialogue.
!!![[Let’s begin!->Q1 What is Dialog in Fiction Writing]]
Double-click this passage to edit it.<h2>Is the quote in the dialogue formatted correct?</h2>
'I'm going to quote something good. 'Today is nice.' That's my quote,' said Evil Overlord.
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<h3>[[👿 Definately incorrect Overlord!->Q.3 correct]]
[[😉 Of course it's correct! Overlord can't get this wrong.->Q.3 incorrect]]</h3>
<h2>Is the dialogue correctly formatted in the below passage?</h2>
<blockquote>"I'm sorry mother. I'll try to do better." Tama heard the girl say with a shaky voice. She cocked her head to one side, feeling a sad emotion from her.Her instincts to soothe the child made her step out of the cosy space and stand before the girl's feet.The girl reacted with mild surprise when she saw Tama looking up at her."Are you hungry?" She politely asked Tama, wiping at her eyes.</blockquote>
<span style="color: purple;">Select the correct answer to progess</span>
<h3>[[🐈 Correct. I'm sure of it.->Q4.1 Incorrect]]
[[🐱 No. Doesn't look right.->Q4.2 Correct]]</h3> <h1>Fill the blanks with the correct words.</h1>
<p>Quotation marks are used to — words that someone has —. You’ll often find them in fiction, where they signify —, the words spoken by the characters.</p>
<span style="color: purple;">Select the correct answer to progess</span>
<h3>[[⭐ identify, said, dialogue->Q5.1 Correct]]
[[🍰 eat, dished out, cake blessings->Q5.2 Incorrect]]</h3><h1>Congratulations!</h1>
You've reached the end of the short lesson.
<h3>⭐⭐ Assignment Time ⭐⭐</h3>
<i>Your assignment is to write a short paragraph with dialogue incorporating what you have learned from this lesson, using the English dialect of your choice.</i>
Post your assignment in the #class-assignment channel and ping the @Clowns' Ringmaster who will award points accordingly.
I hope you enjoyed the lesson.😉<h2>CORRECT</h2>
English-British use single quotations to indicate dialogue and reverse for quoting within dialogue. All other rules are the same as the English-American version.
<h3>[[Go to the next question->Q3 Quoting Within Dialog]]</h3>
<h2>LOOP BACK</h2>
Dialogue is predominately written in double quotation particular to the English-American and English-Canadian dialects. However, speech can also be enclosed within single quotation marks that is particular to English-British dialect.
An example below as per instructions of the University of Oxford Style Guide.
<blockquote>Quotation marks
Use single quotation marks for direct speech or a quote, and double quotation
marks for direct speech or a quote within that.
[[University of Oxford Style Guide|https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf]]</blockquote>
<h3>[[Q2 How to format dialogue?<-Return to the question.]]</h3><h2>CORRECT</h2>
Evil Overlord got it wrong when they quoted within the dialogue using single quotation marks. Since the dialogue was opened using singles the dialect assumed would be British-English.<br>
Remember University of Oxford's style guide instruction? They outlined the correct format below for British-English:
<blockquote cite="https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf"> ‘I have never been to Norway,’ he said, ‘but I have heard it described as
“the Wales of the North”.’
-page 18 of [[University of Oxford Style Guide|https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/media_wysiwyg/University%20of%20Oxford%20Style%20Guide.pdf]] </blockquote>
The correct format for English-American dialect would be the reverse.
<blockquote>"I heard this wonderful quote that said 'never give up and never surrender'."</blockquote>
<h3>[[Go to the next question->Q4 Select the Correct Option]]</h3><h2>LOOP BACK</h2>
Incorrect as the quote was enclosed within single quotations.
<h3>[[Q3 Quoting Within Dialog<-Return to the question.]]</h3> <h2>LOOP BACK</h2>
Incorrect as the paragraph contained more than one action and speaker.
<h3>[[Q4 Select the Correct Option<-Return to the question.]]</h3><h2>CORRECT</h2>
There was more than one speaker and action bunched together in the same paragraph. Separating the speaker per action to one paragraph would make the passage formatted as per below:
<blockquote cite=https://www.webnovel.com/book/to-my-sunflower_12685931606615605>
<span style="color: purple;"><i>
"I'm sorry mother. I'll try to do better." Tama heard the girl say with a shaky voice.<br>
She cocked her head to one side, feeling a sad emotion from her.<br>
Her instincts to soothe the child made her step out of the cosy space and stand before the girl's feet.<br>
The girl reacted with mild surprise when she saw Tama looking up at her.<br>
"Are you hungry?" She politely asked Tama, wiping at her eyes.</i></span>
<p>- Extract from To My Sunflower by Veronica8.</p></blockquote>
<h3>[[Q5 Select the Correct Option<-Go to the final question.]]</h3> <h2>CORRECT!</h2>
According to Grammarly's article:
<blockquote cite="https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks-and-dialogue">
Quotation marks are used to identify words that someone has said. You’ll often find them in fiction, where they signify dialogue, the words spoken by the characters.
- [[Grammarly on dialogue|https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks-and-dialogue]]</blockquote>
<h3>[[GO TO THE END->Lesson Closing Information]]</h3><h2>LOOP BACK</h2>
Seriously? You see cake blessings and become sidetracked.
<h3>[[Return to the question->Q5 Select the Correct Option]]</h3>