Accent & dialect HUH!?!?!?!. New York City Everyone has an accent & a dialect! If you went to Georgia, you would sound funny to them!

Accent & dialectAccent & dialect

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Everyone has an accent & a dialect!

Everyone has an accent & a dialect!

If you went to Georgia, you would sound funny to them!

If you went to Georgia, you would sound funny to them!

Accent & dialect in booksAccent & dialect in books

Authors help readers ‘hear’ characters’ accents in the way they write the dialogue.

Dobby from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:“Dobby is always having to punish

himself for something, sir. They lets Dobby get on with it, sir. Sometimes they reminds me to do extra punishments …”

Authors help readers ‘hear’ characters’ accents in the way they write the dialogue.

Dobby from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:“Dobby is always having to punish

himself for something, sir. They lets Dobby get on with it, sir. Sometimes they reminds me to do extra punishments …”

Accent & dialect in booksAccent & dialect in books

Authors help readers ‘hear’ characters’ accents in the way they write the dialogue.

Hagrid from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:“I’m on’y jokin’.” … “I knew yeh hadn’t

really. I told Lockhart yeh didn’ need teh. Yer more famous than him without tryin’.”

Authors help readers ‘hear’ characters’ accents in the way they write the dialogue.

Hagrid from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets:“I’m on’y jokin’.” … “I knew yeh hadn’t

really. I told Lockhart yeh didn’ need teh. Yer more famous than him without tryin’.”

You try:You try:

How would you make the reader ‘hear’ how this character talks?

How would you make the reader ‘hear’ how this character talks?

Across Five AprilsAcross Five Aprils

Many of the characters in Across Five Aprils have accents and dialects that Irene Hunt, the author, has helped us to ‘hear’ by carefully writing their dialogue.

Many of the characters in Across Five Aprils have accents and dialects that Irene Hunt, the author, has helped us to ‘hear’ by carefully writing their dialogue.