
Punctuating Direct Speech
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Lauren Lee
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Punctuating Direct Speech
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Multiple Select
Which of these are dialogue?
"Never say never!"
Ben said that he wanted to borrow the guitar for the weekend.
"Could I borrow a sticky note?"
Niharika said
the teachers announced
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Multiple Select
Which of these are dialogue tags?
Jaden thinks all pizza should have pineapple on it.
the children said confidently
"The square root of 47 is not 8... that's far too high."
she whispered
"Help!"
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Review: 5 Rules
Begin dialogue with capital letter: Mark said, "Hello."
... Unless the thought continues: "It really has been," Sarah sighed, "a long time."
Punctuation goes inside the speech marks: "Wow!" she cried.
Don't use periods to connect dialogue with the dialogue tag: "It's hot," he said.
New speaker? New paragraph! Speaker changes? New paragraph!
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Yuki cried, "my name isn't Nelson."
Yuki cried, "My name isn't Nelson."
Yuki cried, My name isn't Nelson.
Yuki cried, my name isn't Nelson.
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
"Single stories," announced Adichie, "create stereotypes."
"Single stories," announced Adichie, "Create stereotypes."
"single stories," announced Adichie, "create stereotypes."
"single stories," announced Adichie, "Create stereotypes."
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
"Gothic literature", mused Ms. Lauren ",turns our fears into monsters."
"Gothic literature", mused Ms. Lauren, "turns our fears into monsters."
"Gothic literature," mused Ms. Lauren ",turns our fears into monsters."
"Gothic literature," mused Ms. Lauren, "turns our fears into monsters."
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
"But don't we have a AP Bio test on Thursday?", Shaurya asked.
"But don't we have a AP Bio test on Thursday?" Shaurya asked.
But don't we have a AP Bio test on Thursday", Shaurya asked.
But don't we have a AP Bio test on Thursday," Shaurya asked.
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
"We told you to stay in your room," Mom and Dad said in unison.
"We told you to stay in your room", Mom and Dad said in unison.
"We told you to stay in your room." Mom and Dad said in unison.
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Quotes inside dialogue
Sometimes, there are quotes inside quotes. Use single quotes to show this:
"When doling out dessert, my grandmother always said, 'You may have a cookie for each hand.'"
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correctly punctuated option:
"Did you ever hear," John asked, "about the flooding of 2021? CNA said, "It's catastrophic!""
"Did you ever hear," John asked, "about the flooding of 2021? CNA said, 'It's catastrophic!''
"Did you ever hear," John asked, "about the flooding of 2021? CNA said, 'It's catastrophic!"'
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