Furthermore, in Jeanne Marie Laskas’ story, dialogue move the storyline forward, allowing the characters to be revealed. What is the difference between a quote and a dialogue? Quotes are what the reporter acquires when a person tells her something in an interview. Dialogue is what the reporter captures when she overhears people talking to one another. Quotes delay a story, because the reader has to step out of the narrative flow and read a lengthy quote to process what’s being explained. Dialogue keeps the reader in the flow of the article as done Laskas does. She uses plenty of quotes, especially to explain the perspective of Urbano and his two sons, Juan and Pedro. But there’s one scene in the article in which dialogue exposes the tension
