Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"

Polly shouted! "I want a cracker."

Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!

"Polly shouted," I want a cracker!

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

"Hi," Shelly replied, "my name is Shelly Rutt."

Hi Shelly replied. My name is Shelly Rutt.

"hi" Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt

Hi, Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt."

Which sentence has proper punctuation & capitalization?

Sandy screamed, "It's a snow day!"

Sandy screamed it's a snow day!

Sandy screamed, "it's a snow day!"

Sandy screamed "It's a snow day!"

What might happen if prose writers did not include speech tags along with their dialogue?

Readers would be confused over who's speaking

The dialogue would not represent the person or character's exact words

They'd have to use word balloons instead

Quotation marks would not be necessary

If you're writing prose that contains dialogue, when must you begin a new paragraph?

whenever a different character begins speaking

Punctuation of Dialogue

Quiz

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English

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8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

L.3.2C, L.1.2B, W.6.3B

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Elise Kreitner

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22 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 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,"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

commas

speaker tags

quotation marks

An indent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following are quotation marks?

?

"

'

,

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

_______________ 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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Dialogue is

a conversation between/amongst characters

a verb

when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story

boring

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

"Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.

Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.

"Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.

Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

"Where will you go? she asked."

"Where will you go?" she asked.

"Where will you go"? she asked.

Where will you go?" she asked.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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Punctuation of Dialogue

22 questions

Which of the following is correct?

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

Which of the following are quotation marks?

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

Dialogue is

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

Is this sentence written correctly?
Cliff exclaimed, "Eigth grade is the best year yet!"

Is this sentence written correctly?
While in class today, Miracle said, "when will will go outside?"

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Punctuation of Dialogue

22 questions

Which of the following is correct?

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

Which of the following are quotation marks?

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

Dialogue is

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

Is this sentence written correctly? Cliff exclaimed, "Eigth grade is the best year yet!"

Is this sentence written correctly? While in class today, Miracle said, "when will will go outside?"

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Is this sentence written correctly?
Cliff exclaimed, "Eigth grade is the best year yet!"

Is this sentence written correctly?
While in class today, Miracle said, "when will will go outside?"