Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dialogue tag

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: di-a-logue -tag
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dialogue, tag.

noun

A sentence part that attributes a piece of written dialogue to its speaker. (e.g. In "Get out of here," he said, "he said" is a dialogue tag.)

Example Sentences

"Not every paragraph of dialogue needs to have a dialogue tag attached to it."
"Sometimes inexperienced writers will discover the useful tool of tacking on detail to a dialog tag with a present participal or adverbial phrase: "It's too late," she said, closing the door."
"A dialogue tag has to indicate sound"
"An alternative style forsakes italics altogether and assigns a dialogue tag: This is going nowhere, he thought."
"A line of dialogue followed by a dialogue tag looks like this: “Nothing suits me better than a fried egg on toast early in the morning,” Billy said."

Inflected Forms

dialogue tags (plural)

Phrases

said-bookism Tom Swifty

Frequently Paired Words

said-bookism Tom Swifty

Synonyms

speech tag attribution annunciatory clause quotative quotation marker tag tag line

Questions

What does dialogue tag mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dialogue, tag.

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