What is a dialogue? How a dialogue is written? What are some sample dialogues?

A Dialogue

How dialogue is written? What are some sample dialogues? Why we need to write dialogues? All these questions have been addressed in this post.

Dialogue means a talk between two persons. It is the combination of two words "di" and "logue". Di means "two" and logue means "talk". Dialogue writing is a basic feature of drama writing. Dialogues are simply a conversation between two persons. The writes just what two characters say to each other.

For example, a simple dialogue between two persons is as:

A: What is the time?
B: It is nine O'clock.

Thus a dialogue is the exchange of words between the two persons. Dialogue writing enables the writer to gain a command of spoken English.

The principles of writing dialogue:

1. Dialogues are written in spoken expressions - not in a formal literary language
2. Dialogues include abbreviations such as won't, can't, I'm, it's and I'll etc.
3. The exclamations like Good Heavens!, Really!, How nice!, Well done!, Superb! etc are used.
4. Instead of complete sentences, use phrases and punctuation.
5. The characters in the dialogue should illustrate the contextual knowledge of their trade
6. Dialogue should not be lengthy - usually, 1500 words are good

Your dialogue should be:

1. Realistic
2. Conservational
3. On a single given topic
4. correctly punctuated

Here are some sample dialogues to be considered for deep understanding

1. A dialogue between a doctor and a patient
2. A dialogue between a teacher and a student about studies
3. A dialogue between a mother and a daughter about studies
4. A dialogue between a countryman and a townsman
5. A dialogue between two friends about cyber crimes
6. A dialogue between a shopkeeper and a customer about inflation
7. A dialogue between a tailor and a customer about stitching clothes in time
8. A dialogue between a bookseller and a customer
9. A dialogue between a ticket examiner and a passenger
10. A dialogue between two students on time management
11. A dialogue between the two students on hostel life
12. A dialogue between a traffic warden and a taxi driver
13. A dialogue between the two friends about the choice of profession
14. A dialogue between two friends about school life

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