Quotation Marks in Dialogue

When should you use quotation marks in dialogue?

• To indicate the exact words spoken by a person.

• To indicate the speaker's thoughts

• To show the beginning and end of a sentence

• To emphasize the importance of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

How should you punctuate dialogue with quotation marks?

• With quotation marks at the beginning and end of the spoken words

• With quotation marks only at the beginning of the spoken words

• With quotation marks at the beginning and end of the entire sentence

• With quotation marks only at the end of the spoken words

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What punctuation should be used inside the quotation marks?

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Comma, period, question mark, exclamation point, etc.

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Why is it important to indent new lines for each speaker in dialogue?

• To make the dialogue harder to follow

• To clearly identify each speaker and make the dialogue easier to read and understand.

• To confuse the reader

• To save space on the page

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is the rule for capitalizing the first word of dialogue?

• Always use all capital letters for the first word

• Capitalize the first word of dialogue

• Do not capitalize the first word

• Only capitalize the first word if it is a proper noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

In the sentence, 'I can't believe you said that,' where should the comma be placed?

• Before 'can't'

• After 'believe'

• After 'said'

• After 'that'

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following is the correct way to punctuate the dialogue? a) 'I'm not sure,' she said. b) 'I'm not sure.' She said.

• d) 'I'm not sure,' She said.

• c) 'I'm not sure.' she said.

• b) 'I'm not sure.' She said.

• a) 'I'm not sure,' she said.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

True or False: Quotation marks are only used for spoken dialogue, not for thoughts or other types of text.

• True

• Depends on the language

• False

• Sometimes

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

In the sentence, 'Do you want to go to the movies?' she asked, where should the question mark be placed?

• After the word 'go'

• After the word 'movies'

• Before the word 'to'

• After the word 'want'

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Why is it important to use proper punctuation and formatting in dialogue?

• To make the dialogue more confusing

• To waste time and effort

• To clarify who is speaking and make the dialogue easier to read and understand.

• To annoy the reader

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B