Title
Document Type
Teacher Resource
Publication Date
Spring 6-6-2013
Abstract
This close-reading and discussion-oriented lesson, which takes between sixty and seventy minutes, uses Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” as a model of how dialogue advances plot and develops character in fiction. It is useful in literature classrooms for its emphasis on drawing inferences from text and in creative writing contexts for teaching effective dialogue writing. This lesson is suitable for grades 9-12.
Recommended Citation
Townsend, Tracy A., "Dialogue in Fiction" (2013). The Short Story. 5.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/shortstory/5
Included in
Fiction Commons, Literature in English, North America Commons, Modern Literature Commons