| A | B |
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| Narration | The pattern of development that tells a story |
| Difference between narrative essay and short story | Roughly, an essay is a short story sandwiched between an introduction and a conclusion |
| Components of a narrative essay, in order | introduction, background, story, effects/consquences, conclusion |
| Direct dialogue | quotation marks are used |
| Indirect dialogue | quotation marks are not used |
| "Hello." | Example of part of a dialogue. |
| John told Sally about what happened to him, and she was shocked. | Example of indirect dialogue. |
| Which is correct--"What are you doing?" asked Sally. OR "What are you doing"? asked Sally. | "What are you doing?" asked Sally. |
| Which is incorrect----"What are you doing?" asked Sally. OR "What are you doing"? asked Sally. | "What are you doing"? asked Sally. |
| Which is correct--"That's fine," said Sam. OR "That's fine", said Sam. | "That's fine," said Sam. |
| Which is incorrect--"That's fine," said Sam. OR "That's fine", said Sam. | "That's fine", said Sam. |
| Which is incorrect--"In the meantime," interrupted Susan. "Stay home." OR "In the meantime," said Susan, "stay home." | --"In the meantime," interrupted Susan. "Stay home." |
| Which is correct--"In the meantime," interrupted Susan. "Stay home." OR "In the meantime," said Susan, "stay home." | "In the meantime," said Susan, "stay home." |
| "Try harder," said Sam.---"Said Sam" is called | the conversational tag |
| If a conversational tag interrupts the middle of a piece of dialogue | do not capitalize the second part of the dialogue |
| "If you go," warned her father, "it might be dangerous." | Example of dialogue interrupted by conversational tag |
