Punctuating Dialogue

What is Dialogue?

• a conversation between characters in a story.

• a character's inner thoughts

• the types of sentences an author uses

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is a Speaker Tag?

• a conversation between characters in a story.

• the part of a sentence that tells you who spoke the dialogue and how it was spoken.

• the punctuation marks that go around what is said

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which is an example of a Speaker Tag?

• said Sally

• "Is it true?"

• Jimmy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

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

_______________ 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 option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

• "I love Starbucks!" exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

• "I love Starbucks"! exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

Answer explanation

This answer is incorrect:

"I love Starbucks"! exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

It is incorrect because the punctuation mark should come BEFORE the quote.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

• "Can you help me"? asked the student.

• "Can you help me?" asked the student.

Answer explanation

This answer is incorrect: "Can you help me"? asked the student.

It is incorrect because the punctuation mark should come BEFORE the quotation mark.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

• The teacher shouted, "It is time to be quiet!"

• The teacher shouted "It is time to be quiet!"

Answer explanation

This answer is incorrect: The teacher shouted "It is time to be quiet!"

This sentence is missing a comma after the dialogue tag.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

• "Please" the teacher begged "put your phones away"

• "Please," the teacher begged, "put your phone away."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

• "I love going to the book fair!" exclaimed the student.

• "I love going to the book fair"! exclaimed the student.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D