Read the excerpt from Adam's personal narrative.
How does this paragraph develop the characters in the
I stepped into the tidal pool carefully, wishing I had
dialoque?
brought my water shoes. "What's the matter, afraid of a
few crabs?" Laura smiled. "It doesn't hurt that much
O It explains to the reader where the characters are and
when they pinch. They're only little," she said. Laura
what they are doing.
wasn't afraid of anything, or at least I'd never seen her
O It shows that Adam is afraid of what is in the water,
get scared. She was the type to dive off a cliff and not
but Laura is fearless and likes to tease him.
even think about what was in the water below.
O It shows that Adam is interested in learning more
about the crabs, but Laura is ignoring him.
"But there are so many of them!" I winced.
It explains to the reader how long Adam and Laura
know, it's so cool!" she replied, scooping a crab into
have known each other.
her hand to look at it more closely. I nearly screamed