Dialogue Review

Multiple Choice

Why is dialogue important in a story?

• Reveals character trait and advances the plot

• Helps the theme

• Describes the setting

Multiple Select

What should you avoid when writing dialogue? Select all that apply.

• avoid overusing dialogue tags

• unnecessary dialogue

• having character explain things they already know

• reveal character traits

Multiple Choice

What punctuation marks should you use to show exactly what a character says?

• A) Brackets ( )

• B) Quotation marks " "

• C) Parentheses [ ]

• D) Apostrophes ' '

Multiple Choice

Which sentence correctly uses a comma in dialogue?

• A) “Let’s go to the park,” said Sam.

• B) “Let’s go to the park” said Sam,

• C) “Let’s go, to the park said Sam.”

• D) “Let’s go to the park” said, Sam.

Dialogue Rules

1. Quote any spoken words

2. Capitalize the first word of the quoted sentence.

3. Separate spoken and unspoken words with punctuation.

4. Use dialogue tags to show who is speaking and their mood.

5. Indent for new speakers and use dialogue with correct punctuation.

Multiple Choice

Choose the dialogue tag in each sentence.

"I can't find my notebook," whispered Jack.

• A) I can't find

• B) my notebook

• C) whispered Jack

• D) notebook

Multiple Choice

Choose the dialogue tag in the sentence.

"Let's play soccer after school," suggested Mia.

• soccer

• after-school

• play socceer

• suggested Mia

Multiple Choice

Choose the spoken words in the sentence.

"Did you finish your homework?" asked Mrs. Diaz.

• Did you finish

• asked Mrs. Diaz

• homework

• Did you finish your homework

Multiple Choice

Choose the spoken words in this sentence.

"Wow, that's a huge dog!" exclaimed Ben

• Wow

• that's a huge dog

• exclaimed Ben

• Wow, that's a huge dog

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• A) "Let's go," shouted Emily!

• B) "Let's go!" shouted Emily.

• C) "Let's go shouted Emily!"

• D) "Let's go," shouted Emily.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• A) "I forgot my lunchbox," admitted Luis.

• B) "I forgot my lunchbox" admitted Luis.

• C) "I forgot my lunchbox," admitted Luis

• D) I forgot my lunchbox, "admitted Luis."

Open Ended

Identify what's incorrect and rewrite the sentences with correct punctuation.

Eloise exclaimed I think the answer is 40!

Open Ended

Identify what's incorrect and rewrite the sentences with correct punctuation

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Did you see a koala asked Ava

Open Ended

Identify what's incorrect and rewrite the sentences with correct punctuation.

You need to get off the bus here’ said the driver.