U5-4 Assessment
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Dialogue and Figurative Language
Dialogue often uses figurative language to make it dramatic.
Avoid writing basic sentences that tell something such as an emotion.
A more specific sentence uses concrete images and a simile to show rather than tell.
Good dialogue uses vocabulary, often slang, informal, or playful language, to show a character's personality. Can you describe Gulliver from the words he uses?
Dialogue tags such as admitted, muttered, or shouted emphatically, tell how the person spoke. They make a conversation more interesting.
Submit your Assessment 5-4 to the teacher.
Unit 5
What Are the Traits of a Good Mystery?
Activity
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Reading Mystery Stories - Crack the Code
Dialogue and Figurative Language
Dialogue often uses figurative language to make it dramatic.
Avoid writing basic sentences that tell something such as an emotion.
He was so angry. "I've been robbed," he yelled.
A more specific sentence uses concrete images and a simile to show rather than tell.
An angry rumble that began somewhere in the vastness of his hairy chest surged past his tonsils and gushed like rocket power between his perfect white teeth. "I been robbed!" he yelled. (Sign of the Spiral by Fran Striker)
Good dialogue uses vocabulary, often slang, informal, or playful language, to show a character's personality. Can you describe Gulliver from the words he uses?
"I got blame near everythin' in here," he said proudly. He studied the jars. "One o' these has some stuff in it that's good for sunburn an' insect stings. It'd likely ease off that face."
Whizz felt his sunburned face. It hurt.
"Salve would help," he admitted.
Gulliver held two jars. "Only trouble is," he muttered, "I forgit if it's one-seven or seven-one. I know one o' these is good for what you got."
"What's the other?"
"It's stuff I use on steers. Yo' put it on with a stick and it eats right into the hide. It's a chemical brand an' a lot easier to use than a brandin' iron."
"My face doesn't bother me a bit," Whiz said quickly. "It feels fine."
Guilliver had the lid off one jar. "I can try a little smidge on yo' chin an' see if it starts smokin'," he suggested.
"No!" shouted Whiz emphatically.
Whizz felt his sunburned face. It hurt.
"Salve would help," he admitted.
Gulliver held two jars. "Only trouble is," he muttered, "I forgit if it's one-seven or seven-one. I know one o' these is good for what you got."
"What's the other?"
"It's stuff I use on steers. Yo' put it on with a stick and it eats right into the hide. It's a chemical brand an' a lot easier to use than a brandin' iron."
"My face doesn't bother me a bit," Whiz said quickly. "It feels fine."
Guilliver had the lid off one jar. "I can try a little smidge on yo' chin an' see if it starts smokin'," he suggested.
"No!" shouted Whiz emphatically.
Dialogue tags such as admitted, muttered, or shouted emphatically, tell how the person spoke. They make a conversation more interesting.
Submit your Assessment 5-4 to the teacher.
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