Article: Colloquialisms are informal words, phrases or slang in a piece of writing. Your characters should sound as unique as the individuals you encounter every day, and that includes any slang or informal terms they might use. For example, two teenage boys likely will not greet each other with: "Good day, sir." Instead, they may say "What's up?" or "What's goin' on?" Be careful about using too many colloquial terms in your dialogue. It can begin to feel distracting or gimmicky if it is overused. Strive for a balance between proper, English terms and slang or colloquialisms. Code switching is a language shift made by a character in response to who they are speaking to. It occurs often in everyday life, especially for individuals from different backgrounds or classes who are trying to assimilate or blend in. If you are writing a character from a certain background, setting, or class, you should consider how they will might use local slang in their dialogue and description depending on who they are speaking to in a scene. A Jamaican man speaking to another Jamaican man, for example, will likely use patois and slang like "Yah, mon" or "Stay ire". But the same Jamaican man speaking to a white police officer may use more formal speech like "Yes, sir" or "Stay cool". Dialogue tags, or speech tags, are like signposts. They attribute written dialogue to characters. Some of the more commonly used dialogue tags are "said" and "told". Dialogue tags don't need to be fancy or overly descriptive. Their primary purpose are to show which characters speak and when. But you can also build believable characters through dialogue tags. Each tag should contain at least one noun or pronoun (Scout, she, Jem, he, you, they, we) and a verb indicating how the dialogue is being spoken (said, asked, whispered, remarked). For example, "Scout said to Jem" or "Jem whispered to Scout" You can add adjectives and adverbs to tags to provide more information about the speaker. For example, "Scout said quietly to Jem" or "Jem whispered harshly to Scout". Adding an adverb can be a quick and useful way to indicate a certain mannerism or emotion in a character. But be wary of overusing adjectives or adverbs in your dialogue tags. Try to only use one adjective or adverb per scene for one character's dialogue tag. Your character's dialogue should feel unique to their character and representative of how they interact with others. Good dialogue in fiction should be doing more than simply telling the reader how a character gets from A to B, or how the character knows another character. Read the character's dialogue out loud to ensure it sounds like speech a person might say to another person in the scene. The dialogue should also sounds true to the character. For example, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses dialogue to distinguish the characters in a scene. She also uses colloquial terms that represent children living in a small Southern town in the 1950s."Hey." "Hey yourself," said Jem pleasantly. "I'm Charles Baker Harris," he said. "I can read." "So what?" I said."I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it""How old are you," asked Jem, "four-and-a-half?" "Goin' on seven." "Shoot no wonder, then," said Jem, jerking his thumb at me. "Scout yonder's been readin' ever since she was born, and she ain't even started to school yet. You look right puny for goin' on seven." Lee makes Jem's dialogue distinct from Charles Baker Harris' dialogue and Scout's dialogue by using slang terms and colloquiums. This establishes Jem as a character and creates a dynamic between all three speakers in the scene.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Don't be afraid to use colloquial terms. Think about code switching. Use dialogue tags. Read the character's dialogue out loud.
Article: You want to hit the center of the head ball, which is the ball at the top of the rack. By hitting the center of the head ball, you will efficiently transfer force towards the rest of the rack and properly distribute the balls. Some players aim for the second row of balls in order to bounce the cue ball off a rail and back into the rack for more action. You'll want to hit the cue ball '' (13 millimetres) below the center, which is the size of the tip of your pool cue. By hitting it just below the center, you can make the cue ball stop in the middle of the table after the break. With the cue ball in the middle of the table, you'll be in a much better position for your next shot! Start by glancing back and forth between the cue ball and the head ball. Once you feel comfortable with the shot, direct your focus to either the head ball or the cue ball. Keep your eyes on the ball before shooting! You can make subtle adjustments to your aim based on the object paths involved in your break. If you are playing eight ball, you might be able to sink the two balls behind the head ball into the side pockets. However, if you are playing nine ball, you could possibly get the wing balls in the back pockets. Make adjustments to your aim until you are able to sink some of these balls more reliably with your break.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Aim straight at the head ball. Line up your cue with the cue ball. Focus your attention on the ball. Study the object paths in a break.
Article: If he thinks he can get away with ignoring you after your attempts to turn things around, and you let him, then he is getting away with ignoring you. If you demand respect from him, telling him what you will and won't stand for, he won't have any other option. Tell him how you feel. Tell him you need better communication, and that you'll try to communicate better too. Tell him if the communication doesn't get better, you might have to consider calling it quits. If he loves you and respects you, he'll change in an instant. If he doesn't love you and doesn't respect you, why would you want to be with him? Go hang out with your friends and guy friends. Make sure he understands that you have a life, too and that he's lucky you're including him in it. Most guys will immediately come running back and stop ignoring you, especially if you're hanging out with other guys. They'll get territorial. It's just how guys work. If he doesn't come back to you and keeps ignoring you, ask yourself if you want the relationship you're getting. One hundred percent effort from someone else is probably better than 50 percent effort from him. Of course, it helps to have proof: You don't want to break up with him just because you have a "feeling." But if stuff doesn't feel right, have a talk and figure out what's wrong. If nothing is wrong, and that's just how things are, then you probably want to start looking for a new boyfriend, because things just aren't working for you two.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Demand respect. Give him a little bit of the cold shoulder. If you feel like he's cheating on you, end it.