Punctuating Dialogue

Dialogue is

• a conversation between/amongst characters
• a verb
• when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
• boring

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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

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

Which sentence uses dialogue and punctuation correctly?

• The mother remarked, "Don't forget to clean your room!"

• The mother remarked "Don't forget to clean your room!"

• The mother remarked, "don't forget to clean your room!"

• The mother remarked", Don't forget to clean your room!"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

A comma should follow which word in the sentence below?
Miller whined "Are we there yet?"

• whined
• Miller
• yet
• Are

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

_______________ 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

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

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!

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D