Which of the following is true?

Change paragraphs when someone different begins speaking.

Change paragraphs every 5 sentences.

Change paragraphs after the topic sentence.

Has anyone seen my data spreadsheet screamed Mrs. Balkam

"Has anyone seen my data spreadsheet?" screamed Mrs. Balkam.

Has anyone seen my data spreadsheet? "Screamed Mrs. Balkam"

"has anyone seen my data spreadsheet?" screamed mrs. balkam?

Select the correct answer.

"What a beautiful day!" said Ms. Wright.

"What a beautiful day!", said Ms. Wright.

"What a beautiful day! said Ms. Wright."

"What a beautiful day! said" Ms. Wright.

Select the correct answer.

"Hello," he asked cautiously, "is anyone home?"

"Hello," he asked cautiously. "is anyone home?"

"Hello", he asked cautiously "is anyone home?"

"Hello, he asked cautiously, is anyone home?"

Select the correct answer.

"Hey," said Isabel, "'Cups' is a song from the movie Pitch Perfect!"

"Hey" said Isabel "Cups is a song from the movie Pitch Perfect!"

"Hey," said Isabel, ""Cups" is a song from the movie "Pitch Perfect"!"

"Hey," said Isabel, "Cups is a song from the movie Pitch Perfect"!

Which of these is correct?

"James is very nice," said Chris.

James is "very" nice said Chris.

"James," is very nice said Chris.

"James is very nice", said Chris.

According to the article on the Times for Kids website, "Crowds can lead to stampedes."

"According to the article on the Times for Kids website, "Crowds can lead to stampedes."

According to the article on the times for kids website, "Crowds can lead to stampedes."

"According to the article on the Times for Kids website, "Crowds can lead to stampedes.

Choose the sentence which uses quotation marks correctly.

"That's just great," Ms. Anderson cried out, "I can't find my keys!"

"That's just great", Ms. Anderson cried out "I can't find my keys"

"That's just great Ms. Anderson cried out, I can't find my keys"

"That's just great?" Ms. Anderson cried out, I can't find my keys!"

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

"According to the map," Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

According to the map Amy whispered we are very close to the hidden treasure.

"According to the map" Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

According to the map, Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

Punctuating Dialogue

Authored by Elayne Anderson

English

4th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Dialogue is

two or more people speaking to each other in a written conversation

one person speaking to the audience

three or more people speaking to each other in written conversation

None of these

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CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.W.4.3B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are quotation marks?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

____________________ go before and after the speaker's exact words.

commas

tag lines

quotation marks

question marks

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.

Indent

Capitalize

Underline

Delete

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Place a _____________ before a quotation.

period

exclamation point

quotation mark

comma

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

______________ each time the speaker changes in a narrative writing.

skip a line

make a new paragraph

use a comma

put all the dialogue in one paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.W.4.3B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is correct?

Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."

Jane Said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."

Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."

Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"

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CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

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