Dialogue and Quotation Marks

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English

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5th Grade

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L.4.2B, L.5.2C, L.6.6

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Karen Rodriguez

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Dialogue and Quotation Marks

Multiple Choice

Dialogue is

a conversation between/amongst characters

a verb

when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story

boring

What are dialogue tags?

A dialogue tag is a small phrase either before, after, or in between the actual dialogue itself.

Where can you find dialogue tags?

Dialogue tags are found in three different places: before, after, or in the middle of dialogue. Depending on where the dialogue tags are, you use different punctuation and capitalization

Multiple Select

Where can you find dialogue tags? Select all that apply:

Only at the beginning

The beginning of dialogue

The middle of dialogue

The end of dialogue

Multiple Choice

Which dialogue tag should you use for this sentence?

_____________, "Run, the house is on fire!"

Mark whispered

Mark laughed

Marked screamed

Multiple Choice

Which dialogue tag should you use for this sentence?

"Why", _______________, "would you throw away my homework?"

Mary asked

Kathy giggled

Susie whispered

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

"Hello, Jack. How are you today?" asked Jill.

"Hello, Jack. How are you today. asked Jill.

Hello, "Jack. "How are you today?" asked Jill.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that is correct.

"What time does the game start? asked Nanette."

"What time does the game start," asked Nanette.

"What time does the game start?" asked Nanette.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"

Polly shouted! "I want a cracker."

Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!

"Polly shouted," I want a cracker!

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

The umpire yelled, Safe!

The umpire yelled “Safe!”

The umpire yelled, “Safe!”

The umpire yelled Safe

Multiple Choice

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

"Hi," Shelly replied, "my name is Shelly Rutt."

Hi Shelly replied. My name is Shelly Rutt.

"hi" Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt

Hi, Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt."

Multiple Choice

Let’s find some seats suggested Marta before the theatre gets too crowded

"Let’s find some seats," suggested Marta, before the theatre gets too crowded.

"Let’s find some seats," suggested Marta, "before the theatre gets too crowded."

It is correct.

Multiple Choice

______________ each time the speaker changes in a narrative writing.

skip a line

indent

all of the above

None of these

Open Ended

Using this picture, write a dialogue between the two puppies. You need to name your puppies. Use slides 23-25 to help.

REMEMBER YOU MUST FOLLOW THE RULES FOR WRITING DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO CHARACTERS AND ALL THE RULES FOR WRITING DIALOGUE . ( UP TO 10 POINTS AVAILABLE.)

WRITE YOUR DIALOGUE HERE:

Type response here

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