Dialogue Practice 2

When would dialogue be used in a story?

• When one character is talking to another character

• When the narrator is talking to the audience

• When the narrator is expressing a character's thoughts

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Which of the following is true?

•     Change paragraphs every 5 sentences.
• Change paragraphs when someone different begins speaking.
• Change paragraphs after the topic sentence.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is correct?

• "How do you suppose that happened?" I asked. "I saw her last week. She didn't look like she felt badly. I wish she'd get well soon.
• "How do you suppose that happened?" I asked. "I saw her last week. She didn't look like she felt badly. I wish she'd get well soon."
• "How do you suppose that happened?" I asked. "I saw her last week."  "She didn't look like she felt badly." "I wish she'd get well soon."

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• According to the map Amy whispered we are very close to the hidden treasure.
• "According to the map," Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
• "According to the map" Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
• According to the map, Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

How many indentations (paragraphs) would the following lines of dialogue be divided into?

"Is XC practice outside today?" the 8th grader asked.

"Yes," Mr. Cooney responded. "We are going to be running the race course and tracking our times. Once we finish that, we will do some core and conditioning exercises. Then we will end practice with a game of manhunt.

"I hope I don't pass out in the woods," the 8th grader responded.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• "Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• The student whined "I wish it was a three day weekend."

• The student whined, "I wish it was a three day weekend."

• The student whined. "I wish it was a three day weekend."

• The student whined, "i wish it was a three day weekend."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which dialogue examples are punctuated correctly? Look closely and choose TWO!

• "You must have been all over the world," one of the onlookers had remarked.

• "You must have been all over the world" one of the onlookers had remarked.

• One of the onlookers had remarked "You must have been all over the world".

• One of the onlookers had remarked, "You must have been all over the world."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which dialogue example has the best punctuation and dialogue tagline? Read each option closely!

• "Books are meant to be read!" Ms. Denzler exclaimed.

• "Books are meant to be read," Ms. Denzler exclaimed.

• "Books are meant to be read?" Ms. Denzler explained.

• "Books are meant to be read" Ms. Denzler explained.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B