Dialogue Punctuation

Mr. White (gently). Come back to bed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Mrs. White. It is colder for my son. (She sobs.)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Mrs. White (wildly). The paw! The monkey's paw!

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Put the tag at the end.

Mr. White. What? Where?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Put the tag at the end.

Mrs. White. I want it. You didn't get rid of it, did you?

Which two sentences are written correctly?

• Mrs. White crying "I only just thought of it.

• Mrs. White said crying, "I only just thought of it."

• "I only just thought of it," Mrs. White said crying.

• I only just thought of it.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which 2 sentences are correctly written?

• "The other two wishes", yelled Mrs. White, "We've only had one."

• The other two wishes yelled Mrs. White. We've only had one.

• "The other two wishes. We've only had one," yelled Mrs. White.

• The other wishesMrs. White We've only had two.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which two sentences are written correctly?

• Mr. White: Wasn't that enough!

• Mr. White (fiercely): Wasn't that enough!

• Mr. White fiercely shouted, "Wasn't that enough!"

• "Wasn't that enough!" Mr. White fiercly shouted.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Match the following

• Mr. White

• Character

• ,

• Tag

• said, yelled, explained

• period

• .

• Comma

• " ____"

• Quotation Marks

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What are quotation marks used for in sentences?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D