what are these called: replied, questioned, answeared, stutterd, asked, laughed, sighed. These are things you use in a sentenced when writting a quote, such as :
"Yeah. sure!" she REPLIED
"why not?" she ASKED.
i was wondering if someone could tell me what they're called and give me many of them or give me a page i could visit to see examples of them.
2007-11-25 08:16:47 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
you mean verbs?
Started, Demanded, Snapped, Sympathized, Accused, Cried, Complimented, Reminded, Reprehended, Scolded, Continued, Finished, Persuaded
If you add and -ed onto most of these words, they will work. A few, like radiated or something like that might not make sense though.
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/regular-verbs-list.htm
2007-11-25 08:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Sp@rrow 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are the simple past tense of the verbs (respectively): reply, question, answer, stutter, ask, laugh, sigh (answeared s/b answered, stutterd s/b stuttered)
2007-11-25 16:32:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, clearly they are all verbs, but I understand your question to mean a specific kind of verb as used in dialogue.
I don't think there is a specific word that describes them, although Rath's answer (dialogue verbs) probably works.
Wordsmith has a good idea - use a thesaurus to find synonyms.
2007-11-25 16:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by k8kay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's really not clear what you need. But I THINK your problem is you don't want to keep repeating these same words over and over again....you want to change it up a bit so as to not sound boring and repetitious.
For instance, if you don't want to keep saying, "She replied," you might want to say, "She responded" instead.
If that is indeed your problem, then look for synonyms of the words instead. (A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word.)
The easiest way to find a synonym is to go to:
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
And, as you're using the thesaurus, one thing to keep in mind is always enter the present tense of the verb, not the past tense. So, instead of typing in "replied," (which is past tense) you'll need to type in "reply," (which is present tense.)
So, type in the word "reply," for instance, and you will be able to view several words that have the same meaning.
Then, once you see the list of word options, and decide which word you want to use, you'll have to change it to whatever tense is appropriate for the particular sentence you're writing.
This way you won't be constantly using the same verb over and over.
2007-11-25 16:55:26 · answer #4 · answered by Maid of the Mist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are verbs, an action word. So whatever you can physically do, like jump, ask, call, etc., is a verb. Just type it into google and they should be plenty of sites to help you.
2007-11-25 16:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are called verbs. You are probably confused because they are verbs describing a person who is speaking.
replied is the past tense of "to reply"
asked is the past tense of "to ask"
Here is a link to some more verbs...hope it helps.
2007-11-25 16:22:27 · answer #6 · answered by MzNikkiLC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They r called Verbs.
2007-11-25 16:19:56 · answer #7 · answered by Licia Rivera 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Verbs and here is a page I hope it helps
2007-11-25 16:20:52 · answer #8 · answered by lovedoctor48184 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abril, Verbs - there are 2 kinds of verbs. Active and passive. Hope this helped!!! Go to Google and type in, "types of verbs."
2007-11-25 16:24:04 · answer #9 · answered by "Johns" 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dialogue verbs is the best description I can think of. You could also try a thesaurus too.
2007-11-25 16:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by rath 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋