Dialogue

Ms. Pang
Notes

Dialogue in a story
helps:

advance the plot

build
characterization

create suspense

intensify the confict

Notes

Internal Dialogue:
INSIDE
hat the character
thin!s inside his"her
#ind

External Dialogue:
$%&SIDE
hat characters say to
each other aloud
EXAMPLE
1.
I wished she hadnt asked e that. I hate
to tell !eo!le " nae #or the $rst tie%
&'inton( ))*.
+his internal dialogue shows Pon",o" lo-es
his nae ,ut dislikes ex!laining it to others.
).
.I a grease( sae as Dall". 'es "
,udd".%&'inton( )/*.
+his 0on-ersation with 1herr" shows how
lo"al Pon",o" is and how greasers sti0k
together.