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Examine the two sentences.

She stormed into the reading room, breaking everyone’s concentration. “Listen to me!”
She stormed into the reading room and yelled, “Listen to me!”
Which of the following is true of these sentences?
Select one:

Both contain dialogue tags.

The first contains an action tag; the second contains a dialogue tag.

The first contains a dialogue tag; the second does not.

Both contain action tags.

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Step-by-step explanation:

dialog tags dialogue tag is a speaker verb such as “Tina said.” It tells your readers which character is speaking. An action beat is something a character does. Example: ... While dialogue tags and action beats can have the same function—identifying the speaker—they aren't punctuated the same

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