1. Read the lines of dialogue below and identify the necessary revision. "What time are you going to the party tonight?" Mark inquired.

"About 6:00 p. m., I guess," Jillian responded.

"Why so early?" Mark asked.

"Why not?" Jillian spit back.

1. The verbs in the dialogue tags are bland and overused.

2. The speaker of each line of dialogue is unclear.

3. The names of the characters need not be repeated once it is clear who is speaking.

4. There are too many questions within the conversation.

Which best describes why regina tells the group, “i explained to ben that perhaps you hadn’t answered his letters because you didn’t think he was offering you enough, and that the time was getting short and you could guess how much he needed you—”? to make horace feel as though he deserves a portion of the credit to reassure ben that she was telling the truth about her motives to convince ben that he has been wise to trust what she has said to pacify horace before he gets angry about what she has done mark this and return