: Re: Is there a way to explain how a character said a word sarcastically without dialog tags? I have a character who is a talking shovel. He's arguing with another character and criticizing them.

You have already conveyed sarcasm perfectly well in the dialogue. And that is the best place for it. If you can convey emotion through dialogue without having to add tags like, derisively, sarcastically, and so on, you're doing a great job.

As soon as your character says:

Oh! And let me take a wild guess...

We know that's sarcasm.

Fayth85 is right: "Trust your readers."

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