Quotation Marks

Quotation marks are used to indicate direct speech, quotations, or titles of short works.

The first word in a quotation should be capitalized if it is a complete sentence.

A period or comma is placed inside the quotation marks if the quotation is at the end of the sentence.

Place the comma inside the quotation marks before the dialogue tag.

A dialogue tag is a phrase that attributes the spoken words to a speaker, such as 'he said' or 'she asked'.

Single quotation marks are used for quotes within quotes.

When quoting a question, the question mark should be placed inside the quotation marks if the quoted material is a question.

A long quote should be formatted as a block quote, indented from the left margin, without quotation marks.

An exclamation mark should be placed inside the quotation marks if the quoted material is an exclamation.

Each speaker's dialogue should be in a new paragraph, and quotation marks should be used for each speaker's words.