The words spoken in the text usually between two or more characters.
Dialogue is a way of characterization. The contents of a character's speech can give the reader more information about the character. For example, in "Their Eyes Were Watching God", without the dialogue, we as the readers would never have known that the characters spoke in a different dialect than what we are used to hearing and reading. The way the author uses the dialogue is important. The characters may be speaking short sentences rapidly or they can have a long speech that they give. Dialogue can also set the atmosphere or mood of a certain passage. If the dialogue of two characters show they are fighting and using harsh words, we know the mood is tense or angry and that something bad may be on the verge rather than something happy and cheerful. Dialogue can be used to insert a certain emotion inside the reader such as anxiety or excitement. The author may also use dialogue to convey important information.
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