PN - Dialogue Study Guide

Read the following dialogue: "Goodbye" responded Mr. Creech.

What is one possible punctuation after goodbye?

• ,

• .

Read the following dialogue: "Goodbye" responded Mr. Creech.

What is one possible punctuation after goodbye?

• !

• .

Read the following dialogue: "Do you want to eat" asked Mr. Creech.

What is one possible punctuation after eat?

• ?

• .

Read the following dialogue: "Hello," said Mr. Tran. True or false, when the TAG is used at the end, the punctuation mark after the last word (in this case, Tran) is a period. 

• True

• False

Read the following dialogue: I screamed, "Hurry up!" True or false, when the TAG is used at the beginning, the punctuation mark after the verb (screamed) is always a comma.

• True

• False

Identify the TAG in the sentence:   "I'm hungry!" I yelled to my mom.

• I yelled to my mom.

• I yelled.

• my mom

• yelled to my mom.

Identify the TAG in the sentence:   When Harriet opened the door, she asked, "What time is it?"

• she asked,

• When Harriet opened the door,

• When Harriet opened the door, she asked,

• asked,

Choose the one sentence that shows dialogue written correctly. Look carefully!

• "I don't want to go home," said Julia

• "I don't want to go home," said Julia.

• "I don't want to go home" said Julia.

• "i don't want to go home," said Julia.

Choose the one sentence that shows dialogue written correctly. Look carefully!

• "I know," replied her father

• "I know" replied her father.

• "I know," replied her father.

• "I know, replied her father.

Choose the one sentence that shows dialogue written correctly. Look carefully!

• Susan asked, "When will Daddy come home."

• Susan asked, "When will Daddy come home"

• Susan asked, "When will Daddy come home?"

• Susan asked "When will Daddy come home?""