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Dialogue

Dialogue. DIALOGUE (‘ di e log ) is from the Greek dia, meaning “between,” and logos, meaning “words.” . Dialogue.

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Dialogue

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  1. Dialogue DIALOGUE (‘ di e log ) is from the Greek dia, meaning “between,” and logos, meaning “words.”

  2. Dialogue • Narration and description can give readers “secondhand” contact with literary characters, but actual conversations, or dialogue, creates immediate and personal experience. Important in drama and novels, dialogue also brings vitality and credibility to poetry.

  3. Dialogue • Edgar Allan Poe, nineteenth- century American poet and short story writer, knew the value of dialogue. The long-lived popularity of his poem “The Raven” owes much to the birds repeated comment, “Never more.” Another American poet, Robert Frost, wrote “The Witch of Coos” entirely in dialogue.

  4. Dialogue • Because the characters speak for themselves, their strange tale becomes entirely believable. A third example, “next to of course god,” by the modern American poet e.e. Cummings, mimics a glib and vacuous political speech, replete with cliché, double-talk, and mom-apple-pie.

  5. Dialogue • Example: “Think we’ll it, Captain?” • “If this wind holds and the boat don’t swamp, we can’t do much else,” said the captain. • from “The Open Boat” • By Stephen Crane

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