Dialogue Rule #1

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

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?
• "
• '
• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Are the quotations correct in this sentence?

Cliff exclaimed, "Seventh grade is the best year yet!"

• correct

• incorrect

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."

• None of the above

Put correct quotation marks around this sentence.

Has anyone seen my favorite pen screamed Mrs. Batlle

• "Has anyone seen my favorite pen?" screamed Mrs. Batlle.

• Has anyone seen my favorite pen? "Screamed Mrs. Batlle"

• Neither is correct.

Dialogue is...

• a memory or experience the author writes about

• a conversation between characters or people in a story

• a type of figurative language used to make your writing interesting

• a part of speech that describes a noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Quotation marks go...

• around all the words in the sentence

• around any words that are capitalized

• around the speaker's words

• around the speech tag

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D