Punctuating Dialogue

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Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?
Options: "I love Starbucks!" exclaimed Mrs. Stanley. , "I love Starbucks"! exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

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"I love Starbucks!" exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

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Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation? "Can you help me"? asked the student., "Can you help me?" asked the student.

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"Can you help me?" asked the student.

Front

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?
Options: The teacher shouted, "It is time to be quiet!", The teacher shouted "it is time to be quiet"!

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The teacher shouted, "It is time to be quiet!"

Front

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?
1. The teacher announced, "We are going to the book fair tomorrow!"
2. The teacher announced "we are going to the book fair tomorrow"!

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The teacher announced, "We are going to the book fair tomorrow!"

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What do we look for when the dialogue comes at the BEGINNING of the sentence? Example: "You have such a cute dog," said Ms. Fredericks.

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Punctuation inside of the quotation marks. Lowercase letter following quotation marks.

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What do we look for when the dialogue comes at the END of the sentence? Example: Ms. Fredericks said, "You have such a cute dog."

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Comma after speaker tag. Capital letter where dialogue starts. End punctuation inside quotation marks.

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Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation? The student whined, "I wish it was a three day weekend.", The student whined "I wish it was a three day weekend".

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The student whined, "I wish it was a three day weekend."

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Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation? "I wonder" said Susy "If we are going to have free time today" or "I wonder," said Susy, "if we are going to have free time today."

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"I wonder," said Susy, "if we are going to have free time today."

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Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation? "I love soccer," Tommy said. "It is my favorite sport." or "I love soccer," Tommy said, "it is my favorite sport".

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"I love soccer," Tommy said. "It is my favorite sport."

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What do we look for when punctuating divided dialogue?

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We look to see if the dialogue makes one or two sentences when squished together.