Dialogue Mini Lesson & Practice

​Select the correctly punctuated sentences that contain dialogue!

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Devon cried out, “help us!”

• Devon cried out “Help us!”

• Devon cried out, “Help us!”

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• “that’s very interesting,” Sandra remarked.

• “That’s very interesting,” Sandra remarked.

• “That’s very interesting, Sandra remarked."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Don’t bother him again, Sai threatened, or I’ll beat you up.

• “Don’t bother him again” Sai threatened, or I’ll beat you up.”

• “Don’t bother him again,” Sai threatened, “or I’ll beat you up.”

Open Ended

Using this picture as a guide, write one line of dialogue that includes a dialogue tag.

Think about: quotation marks, punctuation, verbs