1) <span>"Maybe she left because she's mad at me... or do you think I'm overthinking things?" asked Robbie.
2) Quotation marks should be used around the speaker's actual words because it is a punctuation of speech.
3) Slowing the action is NOT a reason to use dialogue in a story. When a character talks, it adds personality to a character and tells us more about what is happening.</span>
Through evoking an emotional response.
Answer:
Towering gray giants and honking cars,
They're nothing compared to the country's stars.
Walking past the city's bars,
But I dream of my home afar.
People singing, music blaring,
And those pigeons, oh so daring!
Joyful! Sad! No one caring.
I think perhaps we've been dreaming. <em>RING RING!</em>