Speech Marks

Speech marks are sometimes called

• Talky things

• 66 and 99

• Quotation marks

• Speaking apostrophes

Speech marks tell us...

• who is actually speaking

• what a person has said

• how loud someone is talking

• the way they are talking

Which of the following is a speech mark rule?

• Only famous quotes need speech marks

• Only what someone actually says is within the speech marks

• The speech marks include the speaker

• You only need speech marks at the end of a conversation

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3B

CCSS.W.6.4

Which sentence is correct?

• "Over here shouted Don Luis!"

• "over here!" shouted Don Luis.

• "Over here", shouted Don Luis!

• "Over here!" shouted Don Luis.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.4

Which sentence is correct?

• "Are you a frog asked the fisherman."

• "Are you a? frog" asked the fisherman.

• "Are you a frog?" asked the fisherman.

• "Are you a frog," asked the fisherman.

Which sentence is correct?

• "please wait outside," said Dona Pepa

  "No" shouted Don Luis.

• "Please wait outside," said Dona Pepa,

  "No" shouted Don Luis

• "Please wait outside", said Dona Pepa,

  "No" shouted Don Luis!

• "Please wait outside," said Dona Pepa,

  "No!" shouted Don Luis.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the best word to replace said in this sentence?

"Watch out, that woman is a witch!"

• complained the servant

• begged the servant

• shouted the servant

• whispered the servant

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the best word to replace said in this sentence?

"Ouch!" said Don Luis "What did you do that for?"

• asked Don Luis

• screamed Don Luis

• laughed Don Luis

• argued Don Luis

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

What are the best words to replace said in this sentence? "Why do I have to marry him?" said the daughter.

"Because I said so!" said the rich man.

• asked the daughter, said the rich man

• wondered the daughter, argued the rich man

• questioned the daughter, responded the rich man

• questioned the daughter, yelled the rich man

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

What is the best way to punctuate this sentence:

"Watch out for the snake__"

• .

• ?

• !

• ,