Punctuating Dialogue

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Why do you need to punctuate dialogue?

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So the reader can understand

Front

What do quotation marks represent?

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Lips

Front

Rule 1 - You must start a new paragraph every time...

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The speaker changes

Front

What punctuation do we use for DIRECT quotations?

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"

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Rule 3 - Use quotation marks in an INDIRECT quotation.

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False

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Rule 4 - Full stops and commas should go where?

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Inside the speech marks

Front

Where should question marks and exclamation marks that are NOT related to the speech go?

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Outside the speech marks

Front

What punctuation should be used after a speaker's tag ("said", "asked", "shouted" etc.)?

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,

Front

What should you do when you finish writing your dialogue?

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Read it again to check it makes sense

Front

Which of these sentences would be bad news for your grandma? Let's eat grandma!, Let's eat, grandma!

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Let's eat grandma!