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16. Have students make a sketch of the characters in their comic
strip. They should keep in mind what they look like, their
attitudes, the behaviors and personality traits they located
before. Look at the example.

Example:

Character: Helen Stoner

- young ✔

- black clothes ✔

- tired
Remember
- unhappy
Direct speech repeats,
- pale ✔ or quotes, the exact
words spoken. When
- grey hair ✔ we use direct speech
in writing, we place
the words spoken
17. Determine the lines you are going to include in the final between quotation
version of your comic strip and do the following. marks (" ") and there
is no change in these
• Locate what the narrator and the characters say in the story. words. We may be
reporting something
Go back to Activity 14 if you need to review this.
that's being said now
or telling someone
indirect later about a previous
direct conversation.
speech speech Reported or indirect
speech is usually

'When did she die?' asked Sherlock Holmes. used to talk about the
past, so we normally
'She died two years ago, and that's why I'm here. change the tense of
We never met anybody in the country, but sometimes the words spoken.
we visited some of my family who live near London. There We use reporting
Julia met a young man who asked to marry her. verbs like 'say', 'tell',
'ask', and we may
My stepfather agreed, but soon after this she died.' by use the word 'that'
171 countries states that governments have the obligation to introduce the
“to develop and encourage respect for human rights and reported words.
Quotation marks
fundamental freedoms for all.” are not used. For
example, She said,
"I saw him." (direct
speech) = She said
that she had seen him.
(indirect speech)].

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