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- Barbara Kingsolver, Unsheltered. In the opening of Barbara Kingsolver’s Unsheltered, we meet Willa Knox, a middle-aged and newly unemployed writer who has just inherited a ramshackle house.
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice. In the first piece of dialogue in Pride and Prejudice, we meet Mr and Mrs Bennet, as Mrs Bennet attempts to draw her husband into a conversation about neighborhood gossip.
- Naomi Alderman, The Power. In The Power, young women around the world suddenly find themselves capable of generating and controlling electricity. In this passage, between two boys and a girl who just used those powers to light her cigarette.
- Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go. Here, friends Tommy and Kathy have a conversation after Tommy has had a meltdown. After being bullied by a group of boys, he has been stomping around in the mud, the precise reaction they were hoping to evoke from him.
Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) [1] is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange.
Dialogue is the exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work. In prose writing, lines of dialogue are typically identified by the use of quotation marks and a dialogue tag, such as "she said." In plays, lines of dialogue are preceded by the name of the person speaking.
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people in a work of literature. Dialogue can be written or spoken. It is found in prose, some poetry, and makes up the majority of plays. Dialogue is a literary device that can be used for narrative, philosophical, or didactic purposes.
Nov 5, 2023 · Predominant in literary and dramatic works, dialogue brings characters to life, elucidating their thoughts, feelings, and motivations and driving the narrative forward. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in real-life interpersonal communication, fostering mutual comprehension, empathy, and collaboration.
1. : a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing. 2. a. : a conversation between two or more persons. also : a similar exchange between a person and something else (such as a computer) b. : an exchange of ideas and opinions. organized a series of dialogues on human rights. c.
Jun 24, 2022 · What is dialogue, and what is its purpose? Dialogue is what the characters in your short story, poem, novel, play, screenplay, personal essay—any kind of creative writing where characters speak—say out loud. For a lot of writers, writing dialogue is the most fun part of writing.
