Quotation Marks

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What do you put around a speaker's exact words?

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Quotation marks.

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Which sentence uses capitalization and punctuation correctly? Jack shouted "Here I am!", Jack shouted, Here I am!, Jack shouted, "Here I am!", Jack shouted, "here I am!"

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Jack shouted, "Here I am!"

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Is the following sentence punctuated correctly? Mason asked his friend, "Do you have a pencil that I can borrow?"

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True.

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Which sentence uses capitalization and punctuation correctly? My school is the best! shouted Polly., "My school is the best shouted Polly!", "My school is the best! shouted Polly.", "My school is the best!" shouted Polly.

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"My school is the best!" shouted Polly.

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Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation. “You may sharpen your pencil” said the teacher, You may sharpen your pencil, said the teacher., “You may sharpen your pencil,” said the teacher., “You may sharpen your pencil” said the teacher.

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“You may sharpen your pencil,” said the teacher.

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What are quotation marks used for?

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To indicate someone's exact words.

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When should you capitalize the first word inside quotation marks?

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When it is the beginning of a complete sentence.

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What punctuation mark is used to end a sentence that includes a quote?

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A period, but it goes inside the quotation marks.

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What is a speaker tag?

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A phrase that attributes the spoken words to a speaker, like 'he said' or 'she asked.'

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How do you punctuate a quote that is a question?

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Place the question mark inside the quotation marks if the quote itself is a question.