… said hastily.
… said suddenly.
… said excitedly.
… said dejectedly.
… said with a frown.
… said sarcastically.
… said the cunning shopkeeper.
… said Ben, thumping Muthu’s back.
… said Ken, his mouth watering at the thought.
(7) Use of BLOCK letters and exclamation
marks
“CRASH!”
“BANG!”
“BOOM!”
“THUD!”
“OUCH!”
“GO!”
“STOP!”
“RUN!”
“WATCH OUT!”
“HELP!”
“YES!”
“NO!”
“QUICK!”
(8) Use of BLOCK letters only
ALONE.
DEAD…
GONE.
NOTHING!
ALL ALONE!
(9) Use of question marks and exclamation marks
“Really?!”
“Is that so?!”
“What?!”
“You mean?!”
“Oh?!”
(injects suspicion and/or sarcasm)
(10) Use of dots in threes
I recalled … … … .
“Oh…,”
“H…e…l…p,”
“I …can’t
…go… any… … further…”
“Z… z… z… z…”
