Marilyn McLaughlin’s story Flame Angels uses a lot of dialogue to develop the story and to show the relationships between the characters.
Full quotes A full quote is a complete line of dialogue. An example from the story is: ‘Mercutio will be there, and Tybalt and the Friar and maybe a certain Romeo-o-o,’ she said. Partial quotes A partial quote is a line made up of only some dialogue. An example from the story is: He made me go into it because of my ‘interpretative skills’ and because my ‘powerful physical presence’ would suit the nurse.
BEING CREATIVE MANAGING INFORMATION AND THINKING WORKING WITH OTHERS
Scan through the story one final time and find another example of: (a) A full quote. (b) A partial quote.
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Chapter 5: Speech and Silence
BEING CREATIVE
Write a short story about two people who struggle to talk to each other. You might like to write about two friends, a parent/guardian and a child, or two strangers – you are free to come up with your own set of two people. You could use one of these images as inspiration. Look back to Chapter 1, page 19 for tips on writing short stories.
MANAGING INFORMATION AND THINKING
WORKING WITH OTHERS NUMERACY STAYING WELL
Success Criteria: n I am using at least two characters in my story.
n I have written about characters who struggle to talk to each other. n I am using a mixture of full quotes and partial quotes.
