B&A: Shall we play a dialogue scavenger hunt? +BQ's, of course?

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Hello, B&Aers!

This is a little dialogue scavenger hunt. Basically, I'll ask you to find a spoken line in *your* story which fits the criteria-whatsit below.

Find for me:
1) A line of dialogue in which a character introduces him/herself.
2) A passage of dialogue (more than one line) with two exclamation points.
3) A line of dialogue that talks about the weather.
4) A line or passage which uses a four-syllable word
5) A line or passage which incorporates a simile
6) A line of dialogue in which one character insults another.
7) The last line of dialogue that you wrote.

Have fun!

BQ1: Come up with your own criteria (just one) and post it for the rest of us to answer.
BQ2: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you like similes? Metaphors?
Haha, I want to answer some of yours:
BQ1- A line of dialogue where a character admits that they are wrong, without making it obvious.
"Well then, love, what do *you* plan on doing?" - such a "Zeth" line, ahah.

BQ1: A line of dialogue where someone compliments someone else.
"You're not completely hopeless. You're almost tolerable" - from the character who said this, it's quite a compliment!

BQ1: A line of dialouge in which one character threatens another.
"Now back up, before I stick this blade so far through your gut it'll poke out the other side" - spoken in a low hiss.
BQ1: A line of dialgue in which a character lies.
"Oh, Vera, don't give me that look. Of course I love you" - Zeth again :P
 
Okay, so I'm currently working on two stories, and the serious one can't really be fit into this thing, so I'll just have to do my not-so-serious ones about three termites, a beetle, a yellow car, a robot on loan from Tokyo named Felicity, two dating Irishmen named Seamus and Socks, and a drunk barman.

1) A line of dialogue in which a character introduces him/herself.
~ “My name is Randall-Davidson Wayne Harvey Chinchilla Jack Patrick Moore, however you have me permission to call me Randall.” (The Beetle)

2) A passage of dialogue (more than one line) with two exclamation points.
~ “Now really, this is just getting ridiculous! A camel, owned by a termite that smokes and drives a car? This is really just bollocks” (Some random giraffe that doesn't even fit into the story)

3) A line of dialogue that talks about the weather.
~ I don't actually have one of these =(

4) A line or passage which uses a four-syllable word
~ “Well you see, it depends on these. Number one, our luck. Number two, our hiding place. And number three, the circumference of a moose”. (Pedro, a termite)

5) A line or passage which incorporates a simile
~ I can't find one of these either =O

6) A line of dialogue in which one character insults another.
~ “Alas my dear Pedro, I believe that a brain was non-existent to you in first place, my termite. I have always strongly believed that that empty head of yours is filled with sawdust!" (Sebastian, another termite)

7) The last line of dialogue that you wrote.
~ “well, it was bound to happen eventually!” (George, another Termite, after Pedro throws himself off a balcony)

BQ1- Hmmm, okay. A line of dialogue where a character admits that they are wrong, without making it obvious

BQ2- I love them I'd give them about an 8
 
This is awesome.

1)"William." (the line before was "Who are you?")
2) "Don't turn! Run!" (Sorry, couldn't find more than one line. My story is still pretty short.)
3) There is no dialouge that talks about the weather. only narration.
4)But is it really volunteering when every other person in the group had already tried and been turned down?
5) William's eyes widened and narrowed quickly like a man who'd found gold but didn't want the world to know.
6) "You're a whore." (not really an insult, she is a whore, and he said it just as a fact rather than a slur, still it was the closest thing I could find.)
7) "You coming?"

BQ1:
A line of dialouge in which one character threatens another.

BQ2: 8


Edit:
A line of dialogue where a character admits that they are wrong, without making it obvious
My characters don't do this, they either don't admit they're wrong or the do.

A line of dialogue where someone compliments someone else.
"Sure he's a little excentric, but he's brilliant and focused. If I could be like that, just for one day..."
 
1.) "Do they hate you, too?" she asked. A moment passed. Finally the boy nodded. She smiled, as if relieved. "Good. They hate me too. I'm Jenny Crane, by the way," she said.

2.) Wow, I don't think there is one. I'm a bit exclamation-mark phobic. It could also be that nobody in my story has gotten quite angry enough for me to bust out the multiple exclamation marks, though.

3.) The sun was shining brilliantly through the heavy, dark green canopy of the woods.

4.) Trevor looked up in wonder at a glittering gold monkey as it darted from shelf to shelf, finally leaping up onto the sign that hung over the counter. The sign proudly proclaimed them to be on the third floor of Gilbert and Fletcher’s Department Store, home of the world-famous Gilbert and Fletcher’s Bizarre Bazaar.

5.) ...he moved back through the shelves, past bottled dreams and ancient rugs that lifted off of their shelves to watch him with mild curiosity. A row of tin soldiers all turned to watch as he walked solemnly to the very back of the store, saluting as if he were their captain.

6.) "You're so weird!" said Michelle, backing away from Jenny. "I don't want to be friends with freaks!" (They're ten year olds, the insults aren't exactly original :P)

7.) I just scrapped a bunch of stuff from my story, so I'm kind of mid-scene. Therefore, the last line of dialogue I wrote for that story is "Cake first, present after."

BQ1: A line of dialgue in which a character lies.
BQ2: Similes, 2. Metaphors, 5. I think they should be used very sparingly. I'm not a fan.
 
My name is Ahab.
Today mother died!!
In Russia it snows in the Summer.
 
1) A line of dialogue in which a character introduces him/herself.
'My name? My name's Helldrid and no you may not call me Hell as I am not a demon.'

2) A passage of dialogue (more than one line) with two exclamation points.
'You fucking idiot! Your going to burn my fingers if you light the cig like that!'

3) A line of dialogue that talks about the weather.
(there probably is one but I couldn't find one)

4) A line or passage which uses a four-syllable word
'The touch of the Quingarises, yes I have heard of it.)

5) A line or passage which incorporates a simile
'The chain is like a hibernating snake wrapped around my wrists.' (I'm not sure people will get the idea from this that I do. Its meant to be that it would be rough (the scales), slippery, tight (since snakes squeeze on victims) and cold (since snakes go cold when hibernating.)

6) A line of dialogue in which one character insults another.
'Why did I even bother to create you!'

7) The last line of dialogue that you wrote.
'Its so cold!' (well ain't that a spectacular line!)

BQ1 The last piece of dialogue a character says before it dies or when they first meet the MC.
BQ2 Seven and a half. I love creating them, but I hate the fact you can't have too many.
 
1) "How did you know that? There's no way you could have known my name was Roni, because I never told you."

2) "Why is everyone so stupid!? You never think do you!? All you humans are just the same. Stupid and determined to die while turning the other cheek!"

3) "It's freezing cold out here in the rain and you're talking to a trash can!?"

4) "Are you absolutely out of your mind!?"

5) He walked down to the ship like a soldier walking on the battlefield.

6) "Roni, you're incredibly stupid. And here I thought that we were suppose to team up to save everyone, but your useless."

7) (This isn't the end of the story, just where I left off), "You can't be serious, can you? Nobody's even heard of him, and your telling me he's been secretly killing people for centuries?"

Wow. My story sounds psychotic! Oh, well. It's about aliens, so I guess it has to been on some level!

BQ: A line of dialogue where someone compliments someone else.

BQ2: Six for similes. At least. Four or so for metaphors. I like to read metaphors more than write them though.
 
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