Quotation Marks in Dialogue

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What are quotation marks used for?

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Quotation marks are used to show the exact words someone says or thinks.

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How do you punctuate a sentence with dialogue?

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You place quotation marks around the spoken words and use a comma before the closing quotation mark if the sentence continues.

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What is a split dialogue?

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A split dialogue occurs when a character's speech is interrupted by a tag (like 'he said') and continues after the tag.

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How do you punctuate a split dialogue?

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You place a comma before the closing quotation mark of the first part and start the second part with a lowercase letter.

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What is the correct way to write a character's thoughts?

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Thoughts can be written without quotation marks, but if you want to emphasize them, you can use italics.

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What is the difference between dialogue and narration?

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Dialogue is the spoken words of characters, while narration describes the actions and thoughts of characters.

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How do you use quotation marks with punctuation?

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Punctuation marks like commas and periods go inside the quotation marks.

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What is an example of incorrect dialogue punctuation?

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"I love ice cream" she said.

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What should you do if a sentence has dialogue and a question?

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Use a question mark inside the quotation marks if the spoken words are a question.

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What is a dialogue tag?

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A dialogue tag is a phrase that attributes the dialogue to a speaker, like 'he said' or 'she asked'.