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Thursday 19 January 2012

WORK FOR WEEK THREE:    
VOICE AND DIALOGUE





Write a passage of dialogue in which the characters can be    distinguished just by

·         Choice of vocabulary
·         Rhythm of speech and grammar
·         Speech acts (ordering, asking, cursing, persuading. . .)
·          Vocatives   (Sir,  darling,  Mr Brown,  you twit!,  Frederick)
·          Fillers   (I mean,  um,  you know)

1 comment:

  1. I still get calls from people wanting the services of a local gardener, whose telephone number differs from mine by only one digit, and many's the time I've had conversations similar to the little example I've written today:-


    "Hello - who's calling?"

    "Is'at choo? - Cor! Took a nage, but now I'm frew..."

    "I'm sorry? Please give me a clue..."

    "Is'at the man wot mows me lawn?
    Oh, dear me money's nearly gorn..."

    Pip..pip..pip...

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