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Internal Dialogue: Italics or Quotes?
Internal dialogue is used by authors to indicate what a character is thinking to himself/herself.
Direct internal dialogue refers to a character thinking the exact thoughts as written, often in the first person (I).
Example: "I lied," Charles thought, "but maybe she will forgive me."
Notice that quotation marks and other punctuation are used in the same way as if the character had spoken aloud.
You may also use italics without quotation marks for direct internal dialogue.
Example: I lied, Charles thought, but maybe she will forgive me.
Indirect internal dialogue refers to a character expressing a thought in third person and is not set off with either italics or quotation marks.
Example: Bev wondered why Charles would think that she would forgive him so easily.
The words she would tell us that she did not think these exact words.
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1B. Jane wanted to, but didn’t say out loud, why is he being so rude to me?
1C. Jane wanted to, but didn’t say out loud, Why is he being so rude to me?
1D. Jane wanted to, but didn’t say out loud, Why is he being so rude to me?
2A. Cecilia wondered, “Whether she would ever see Barbara again after she moves to France.”
2B. Cecilia wondered whether she would ever see Barbara again after she moves to France.
2C. Cecilia wondered, Whether she would ever see Barbara again after she moves to France.
2D. Cecilia wondered, whether she would ever see Barbara again after she moves to France.
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Wordplay 
Alternative meanings to common words:
Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
Catacomb, n. What a feline uses to straighten its hair.
Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
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1D. Jane wanted to, but didn’t say out loud, Why is he being so rude to me?
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