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Ms. Tran
English 1P/Per. ___
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#1 Rule:
Writing Dialogue
Every time the speaker changes, start a new paragraph.
Jason stood on his toes and screamed as loud as he could into the face of the stormy
sea, “I will not back down!” The sea did not answer him, but Captain Tenille did.
“Jason! Get your arrogant little fiddle-head below before the sea swallows you up!”
“Yes sir! Sorry sir.”
Jason lowered his head, averting the gaze of Captain Tenille and slowly made his
way down the stairs to his bunk.
Directions: Revise the dialogue below so that it is formatted correctly. Rewrite the
dialogue on the lines below. Make sure to follow the rule. Make sure the punctuation
remains the same.
“Mom!” yelled Rebecca. “I can’t find my shoes. Have you seen them?”“No honey. I
haven’t.”“But mom. I can’t go to school without my sparkle shoes today. It’s sparkle shoe
dress up day and I want to blink blink with my friends.” Rebecca listened for another
response from her mom but no words came floating up the staircase with an answer.
“Mom!” yelled Rebecca. “I can’t find my shoes.
Have you seen them?”
“No honey. I haven’t.”
“But mom, I can’t go to school without my sparkle
shoes today. It’s sparkle shoe dress up day and I want
to blink blink with my friends.”
Rebecca listened for another response from her
mother but no words came floating up the staircase
with an answer.
Writing Interior Monologue
Interior Monologue is the thoughts in your head. Writers use Interior Monologue to show
what characters are thinking.
Everyone needs to include some Interior Monologue in his or her narratives.
When typing Interior Monologue, format the words into Italics.
Usually, interior monologue has no grammatical rules. But for the sake of writing an
academic essay, please refrain from using inappropriate language in your essay.
Examples:
I walked into the brisk, overly air-conditioned classroom and looked around. I
glanced around and saw the teacher standing near her desk. She was wearing the stupidest
shirt I had ever seen in my life. Great. This class is going to be a joke. I can’t believe this lady
is actually a teacher at this school. Ohhh man this class is going to suck.
The teacher spotted me and said, as if she could read my thoughts, “Do we have a
problem young man?”
Yes I do. My problem is you and your cat shirt. “No Ms. Tran. No problem. I’m just a
little tired this morning.”
“Good. Then have a seat.”
I’d rather be on the moon than sitting in your class, cat lady.
It is optional to start Interior Monologue with:
I thought to myself…
I was thinking to myself…
You need to determine what sounds best in your paper and what makes it flow smoothly.
Directions: On the lines below, begin writing a passage using interior monologue. In 5
minutes, I will roll the dice to see which one of you at your table groups will share with the
class. Welcome to Scholar Casino! 