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The Purple Crayon: Writing Dazzling Dialogue ArticleThe Purple Crayon: Writing Dazzling Dialogue Article
Publisher
Harold D. Underdown
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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650L
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The Purple Crayon: Writing Dazzling Dialogue

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This site takes you through the process of writing dialogue in fiction, demonstrating when to omit, replace, or modify your original writing. Includes several examples and gives excellent advice for young writers. W.9-10.3b Narrative techn, W.11-12.3b Narratives

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

writing dialogue

Additional Tags

dialogue, dialogue in fiction, dialogue rules, how to write dialogue, writing for children, laura belgrave, w.11-12.3b narratives, w.9-10.3b narrative techn

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

W.8.3.b W.9-10.3.b W.7.3.b W.11-12.3.b W.6.3.b W.8.3.a W.7.3.a

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