dialogue tag

== English == === Noun === dialogue tag (plural dialogue tags) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dialogue,‎ tag. (narratology, authorship) A sentence part that attributes a piece of written dialogue to its speaker. (e.g. In "Get out of here," he said, "he said" is a dialogue tag.) ==== Synonyms ==== speech tag, attribution, annunciatory clause, quotative, quotation marker tag tag line ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== said-bookism Tom Swifty === References === Direct speech on Wikipedia.Wikipedia