the term used for a person speaking out loud in a text

a sentence that includes direct speech first before the reporting clause

a sentence includes direct speech second after the reporting clause

a clause that tells the reader who said the speech and how

Reviewing speech punctuation to write the next section of 'The Highwayman'

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In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language. In 'Shakespeare's ’Macbeth’: Narrative and Soliloquy Writing', pupils will use figurative language to write a narrative based on Shakespearean tragedy and convey characters' thoughts and feelings through soliloquy writing.

In 'The Viewer', pupils developed their use of cohesive devices and show-not-tell to convey character. In 'The Highwayman: Narrative Writing', pupils will develop their understanding of how to create atmosphere and engage the reader using figurative language.

'The Highwayman': narrative writing

includes direct speech before the reporting clause

includes direct speech after the reporting clause

tells the reader who said the speech and how

Match the keywords with their definitions:

Select the inverted commas from the options:

Fill in the blank. The __________ explains who spoke and how they said it.

Fill in the blank. The __________ signal where the words a character says begin and end.

“But you just got here!” Bess exclaimed.

“But you just got here” Bess exclaimed.

“But you just got here! Bess exclaimed.

Tick the correctly punctuated speech first sentence:

The Highwayman replied "I'll be back by dawn."

The Highwayman replied, "I'll be back by dawn"

The Highwayman replied, "I'll be back by dawn."

Tick the correctly punctuated speech second sentence.

True or false? The Highwayman loves Bess.

As the Highwayman speaks to Bess, who is spying on the couple?

Fill in this blank. __________ is when two or more characters are speaking.

Fill in the blank. In stanza five, the Highwayman speaks to ...

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Reviewing speech punctuation to write the next section of 'The Highwayman'

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