Punctuating Dialogue

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What is punctuation?

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Punctuation refers to the marks used in writing to separate sentences and clarify meaning.

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What is dialogue?

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Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters in a story.

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What is a tag line in dialogue?

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A tag line tells you who is speaking in a dialogue, such as 'he said' or 'she asked'.

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How do you capitalize the first word in a quotation?

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You capitalize the first word of a quotation to show that it is the beginning of someone's speech.

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What punctuation mark is used to show the end of a sentence?

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A period (.) is used to show the end of a sentence.

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What punctuation is used to indicate a question?

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A question mark (?) is used at the end of a sentence that asks a question.

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What is the purpose of quotation marks?

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Quotation marks are used to show the exact words spoken by a character.

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How do you punctuate a sentence with dialogue?

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You place a comma before the opening quotation mark and end the dialogue with appropriate punctuation inside the quotation marks.

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What is the correct way to write: 'he said' in dialogue?

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It should be written as 'he said' with a lowercase 'h' unless it starts a sentence.

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What do you do if a sentence has a tag line in the middle?

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You should place a comma before the closing quotation mark and continue the sentence with a lowercase letter.