SUPPORT TASK: 1 Discuss whether you think the speech bubbles in comics and cartoons count as a dialogue format. Give reasons for your opinion. Bring in some examples from home if you have any.


2 Explain how this format for dialogue works, e.g. where do the words spoken go? How do you show who is speaking? Or who speaks in what order?


3 In the picture below, what clues are there to show us that the boy is think- ing and not speaking?


Dialogue transformation!


We have worked with two different kinds of dialogue in this chapter. Soon you will be writing your own dialogue, so it is important for you to understand how to set out your dialogue correctly. 1 When dialogue is written in a novel, the writer uses quotation marks and starts a new line when someone new speaks.


2 When dialogue is written as a script (for a play or drama), the quotation marks fall away and the names of the characters are written down the side, followed by a colon and then the words.


Change the format of a dialogue


1 In groups, change the format of the dialogue in the story, A shady deal (page 44), to a dialogue in a script format. Use this template and write your own words: Landowner: Get off my land! Effendi: Excuse me, Sir, but this is not private land. Landowner: Effendi: Landowner: Effendi:


2 Talk about the different formats of dialogues. Explain why you think these formats are used.


Setting!!


Characters!!


Conflict!! 52


Mood!!


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