LIST OF THE 101 DIALOGUE TECHNIQUES Great Dialogue Software™ has the following techniques available at the click of a button. Each technique is carefully explained with numerous examples taken from film, TV, stage and novels: ANTITHESIS AVOIDANCE BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT BAIT AND SWITCH BLURT AND RETRACT BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL CATCHPHRASE CHANGE OF PACE CLASSIC QUOTATIONS, USING CLASSIC QUOTATIONS, SPOOFING CLICHÉS, PUNCTURING CLIMACTIC SPEECH COMEDY OF PAIN COMIC COMPARISON COMIC IMAGERY COMMENTARY CONFUSING DIALOGUE COVERING UP CROSS PURPOSES CROSS PURPOSES, DELIBERATE CRY FROM THE HEART CURT DEFINING PHRASE DEFUSING SENTIMENT DOUBLE-DUTCH DOUBLE ENTENDRE (SEXUAL INNUENDO) DOUBLE MEANING DOUBLE NEGATIVE DRAMATIC COMPARISON DRAMATIC IMAGERY DRAMATIC IRONY ENIGMATIC EXCLAMATIONS (AUTOMATIC) EXPOSITION FAUX PAS FINISHING OTHER PEOPLE’S SENTENCES FLIP (MIRROR IMAGE) FORESHADOWING FORESHADOWING / BACKSHADOWING FORMAL GOING OFF AT A TANGENT HARD-BOILED DIALOGUE HOMOPHONES IGNORANCE, MOCK IGNORANCE, REAL IGNORANCE, REAL (COVERING UP) IMAGE CONTRAST (OIL & WATER) INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE INNOCUOUS EXPLETIVE INSULTS INTERIOR MONOLOGUE IRONY JOKING THROUGH TEARS JUXTAPOSITION LAST LINES LISTS LOOK, THE LYING MALAPROPISM MANGLED METAPHOR MANO A MANO (MAN TO MAN) MATTER-OF-FACT MISUNDERSTANDING MONOLOGUE NARRATION (AND VOICE OVER) NONCOMMITTAL NON SEQUITUR OCCUPATIONAL DIALOGUE AND JARGON OVERSTATEMENT (HYPERBOLE) PARADOX PERVERSE LOGIC PICK-UP LINE PUT-DOWN LINE QUESTIONS WITH QUESTIONS RANTING AND RAVING REPETITION RETORT RUNNING GAG SARCASM SET-UP & PAY-OFF SILENCE OR NO COMMENT SIMPLE (TO THE POINT) SOLILOQUY STATING THE OBVIOUS STYLE CONTRAST SUDDEN REVERSALS TALKING DOWN TALKING TOO MUCH TARANTINO-ESQUE TAUNTING TELLING IT LIKE IT IS TEXTURE OR BACKGROUND DIALOGUE THEMATIC TITLE DIALOGUE TOUGH-GUY TRAGIC CLOWN TRYING TO HELP, BUT FAILING UNDERSTATEMENT UNEXPECTED QUESTION VERNACULAR WARNING TOO LATE © Copyright 2002-2019