Dialogue Reveals Aspects of a Character
Dialogue reveals aspects of a character through these four things
What is a character's thoughts and feelings, how a character interacts, a character's motivation, and a character's background?
Dialogue drives action through these four things
What is shows what a character thinks, feels or motivations, action, connections between characters and necessary information?
Students should be able to
What is examine how lines of a dialogue or events in a story drive the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision?
Dialogue provokes a decision through these three things
What is the things a character says and does, a character's thoughts, and suspense?
“When the customer comes and Violet is sudsing the thin gray hair, murmuring “Ha mercy” at appropriate breaks in the old lady’s stream of confidences, Violet is re-situating the cord that holds the stove door to its hinge and rehearsing the month’s plea for three more days to the rent collector
Characteristics drawn from this piece of dialogue
What is hardworking, dedication, ambition or forward planning?
Dialogue does this to increase tension
What is it gives more critical information?
Dialogue is able to
What is reveal aspects of a character, provoke a decision, and drive an action?
'Who has the most hope?' I asked.
Mom and Dad looked at each other. They studied each other's eyes, you know, like they had antennas and were sending radio signals to each other. And then they both looked back at me.
'Come on,' I said. 'Who has the most hope?'
'White people,' my parents said at the same time.
That's exactly what I thought they were going to say, so I said the most surprising thing they'd ever heard from me. 'I want to transfer schools,' I said.
Dialogue provokes a decision by
What is causes him to make a big decision by being told that not everybody has the same amount of hope because of discrimination?