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    "You don't have to answer that question!" said The Judge. "I'll answer the question. You want answers?" said Jessop. "You want answers?" "i want the truth!" "you can't handle the truth!"

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    "You don't have to answer that question!" said The Judge. "I'll answer the question. You want answers?" said Jessop. "You want answers?" "i want the truth!" "you can't handle the truth!"

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    AddingDialoguetoYourPersonalNarrative

    Youdon'thavetoanswerthatquestion!I'llanswerthequestion.Youwant
    answers?IthinkI'mentitledtothem.Youwantanswers?Iwantthetruth!
    Youcan'thandlethetruth!

    Herewedon'tknowanythingaboutthisconversationwhoistalking,and
    when?Howmanypeoplearetalking?Whoaretheytalkingto?Howand
    withwhatintentsarethewordsbeingspoken?Infact,wecan'tevenbe
    surethatthisisaconversation.

    RULE#1
    :Usequotationmarkstoindicatewordswhicharespokenby
    characters."Youdon'thavetoanswerthatquestion!""I'llanswerthe
    question.Youwantanswers?""IthinkI'mentitledtothem.""Youwant
    answers?""Iwantthetruth!""Youcan'thandlethetruth!"Nowweknow
    thatthesewordsarespoken,butbywhom?Beforewecananswerthat,
    wehavetomakethislookrightbyputtingeachlineandspeakerinitsown
    paragraph.

    RULE#2
    :Alwaysstartanewparagraphwhenchangingspeakers.You
    cannothavetwopeoplespeakinginthesameparagraph.
    "Youdon'thavetoanswerthatquestion!"
    "I'llanswerthequestion.
    Youwantanswers?"
    "IthinkI'mentitledtothem."
    "Youwantanswers?"
    "Iwantthetruth!"
    "Youcan'thandlethetruth!"

    Nowwecanidentifywhoisspeaking.Themostobviouswaytodothatis
    withaspeechtag,i.e.,placingaphraselikeJohnsaid,"...atthebeginning
    ofthequotationor,"saidJohnattheend.Thereareotherwaystowrite

    andplacespeechtags,asweshallsee.Youdon'tneedaspeechtagfor
    everylineofdialogue,andtherearesituationswhereaspeechtagshould
    notbeused.Theimportantthingisthatthereaderisalwaysintuitively
    (
    havingtheabilitytounderstandorknowsomethingwithoutanydirect
    evidence)
    .
    awareofwhoisspeaking.

    RULE#3
    :Makesurethereaderknowswhoisspeaking.

    RULE#4
    :Usecorrectpunctuation,capitalization,andspacing."Youdon't
    havetoanswerthatquestion!"saidtheJudge."I'llanswerthequestion.
    Youwantanswers?"saidJessop."IthinkI'mentitledtothem,"saidKaffee.
    "Youwantanswers?"saidJessop."Iwantthetruth!"saidKaffee."You
    can'thandlethetruth!"saidJessop.OK,thisisgrammaticallycorrect,but
    what'sthetroublewithit?There'snotmuchtoit,obviouslywehearwhat
    thecharactersaresaying,butthat'sall.

    Considerthefollowingexample:

    TheJudgeturnedswiftlytowardthewitnessanddeclared,"Youdon't
    havetoanswerthatquestion!"
    "I'llanswerthequestion,"Jessopsaidcoldly,fixinghiseyeson
    Kaffee.Heaskedthedefenseattorney,"Youwantanswers?"
    "IthinkI'mentitledtothem,"Kaffeereplied.
    Jessopaskedagain,moreforcefully,asifscoldinganerrantrecruit,
    "Youwantanswers?"
    "Iwantthetruth!"Kaffeeshouted,banginghisfistonthecounsel
    tableindefianceofJessop'sintimidatingpresence.Thecourtmemberssat
    instunnedsilence.
    Thecolonelleanedforward,risingtohisfeet,andthundered,"You
    can'thandlethetruth!"

    Dialogue:Punctuation,Capitalization,andSpacing

    Practiceusingthefollowingsentencestoillustratethepunctuationand
    capitalizationrulesfordialogueandspeechtags.

    1.Stansaidgoodmorning

    2.GoodmorningsaidKyle

    3.Kennysaidgoodmorningorsomethinglikeit

    4.ForgetyouguyssaidEricI'mgoinghome

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