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Junior Cycle English: Dialogue and script writing

How often Dialogue and script writing comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 1 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2017.

OL Asked on 5 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024. most years

Dialogue and script writing, Higher Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Dialogue and script writing.

(a)How is a play script set out differently from dialogue in a story?
  1. Speech marks around each line
  2. Names before lines, no quote marks
  3. Written as one long paragraph
(b)In a story, how should dialogue between two speakers be set out?
  1. Speech marks only for questions
  2. Both speakers on one line
  3. New line for each new speaker
(c)What is 'subtext' in dialogue?
  1. The meaning beneath the words
  2. A line spoken twice for effect
  3. The small print under a picture
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(a) Names before lines, no quote marks

(b) New line for each new speaker

(c) The meaning beneath the words

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Dialogue and script writing.

Higher Level

Asked on 1 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2017.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Q10

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 5 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2024. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Q4
2023Q8
2022Q8
2019Not asked
2018Q14
2017Q16

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Dialogue and script writing questions

Dialogue and script writing, 2 marks

In a story, when a new character starts speaking, you should...

  1. Use capital letters
  2. Leave out speech marks
  3. Start a new line
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Start a new line

Start a new paragraph every time the speaker changes. It shows clearly who is talking without writing he said every time.

Dialogue and script writing, 3 marks

Which is set out correctly as a playscript?

  1. Jack asked where she had been.
  2. JACK: Where were you?
  3. 'Where were you?' asked Jack.
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JACK: Where were you?

A script gives the speaker's name, a colon, then the words, with no speech marks. Speech marks belong to dialogue in stories.

Dialogue and script writing, 3 marks

Dialogue in a story should sound...

  1. Natural, like real speech
  2. Formal, like a report
  3. The same for every character
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Natural, like real speech

Good dialogue sounds like real people talking, and each character has their own voice, so readers can tell them apart.

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