Punctuation in Dialogue

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#1. Which of the options below is correct?

• "I'm so hungry," I could eat a whole hippo! insisted Liam.
• "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole hippo!" insisted Liam.
• I'm so hungry, "I could eat a whole hippo!" insisted Liam.

#2. Which of the options below is correct?

• Maybe I don't like hamburgers, Darcy said, "but I sure do like tacos."
• "Maybe I don't like hamburgers, Darcy said, But I sure do like tacos."
• "Maybe I don't like hamburgers, Darcy said, but I sure do like tacos."
• "Maybe I don't like hamburgers," Darcy said, "but I sure do like tacos."

#3. Should commas be placed INSIDE the quotation marks or OUTSIDE the quotation marks?

• INSIDE
• OUTSIDE

#4. Which of the options below is correct?

• Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"
• "Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"
• Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner"?

#5. Which of the options below is correct?

• Titus, his mother said happily, that was the funniest thing I've heard all day!"
• "Titus, his mother said happily, that was the funniest thing I've heard all day!"
• "Titus," his mother said happily, "that was the funniest thing I've heard all day!"

#6. What part of a sentence with dialogue should be surrounded by quotation marks?

• The whole thing
• The part that IS said out loud
• The part that ISN'T said out loud

#7. Which of the options below is correct?

• The woman at the counter asked quietly, "Do you have any books about psychology?"
• "The woman at the counter asked quietly, do you have any books about psychology?"
• The woman at the counter asked quietly, "Do you have any books about psychology."

#8. Which of the options below is correct?

• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test." Our teacher reminded.
• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test," our teacher reminded.
• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test, our teacher reminded."

#9 If the character in the sentence is NOT speaking out loud, do you need quotation marks?

• no
• yes