Questions tagged [dialogue]

Use this tag for questions that are about scripted conversations between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.

Consider the question checklist to determine whether the tag is suitable for your question. You can also look at the example questions. If this tag doesn't fit your question, have a look at the tags listed below, to see whether one or more of them might fit your question better.

Question checklist

• Is the question about a conversation between two or more characters?
• Does the question quote the source of this conversation?
• Does the question clearly describe your concern regarding the dialogue?

Example questions

• Why does the multi-paragraph quotation rule exist?
• Can a statement be "hissed" without any sibilants?
• Is there a difference between "Joe said" and "said Joe"?

Not what you are looking for?

• Use meaning-in-context for questions about the meaning of words or phrases in specific contexts.
• Use etymology for questions that concentrate on the origin of a word or phrase rather than nuances of the meaning.
• Use single-word-requests, phrase-requests, idiom-requests, expression-requests or proverb-requests if you don't know the word/phrase/idiom/expression/proverb you need yet.
• Use phrase-usage for questions about the usage of complete phrases.
• Use word-choice for questions that concentrate on choosing between two words.
• Use expression-choicefor questions about choosing between longer phrases
• Use orthography for questions about spelling.
• Use punctuation for questions about punctuation marks (commas, semicolons, colons, and so on).
• Use meaning for questions about the meaning of words or phrases devoid of specific context.
• Use offensive-language for questions about words or phrases that can be considered offensive.
• Use pejorative-language for questions about words or phrases that primarily try to shine a negative light.