Punctuation & Dialogue

What is a dialogue?

• When characters are talking

• A type of punctuation

• A list of items

• A speech tag

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

A speech tag shows who is talking in a story. True or False?

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

What do quotation marks do?

• Show a pause in a sentence

• Go around the words a character is saying

• Indicate a question

• Separate items in a list.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

A comma is used to ______ items in a list.

(a)  

• join

• separate
• highlight

• underline

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which of the following is a punctuation mark?

• Dialogue

• Speech tag

• Comma

• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

Punctuation marks help to ______ writing.

(a)  

• confuse

• organize
• delete

• ignore

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

What does a question mark show?

• A statement

• A question

• A command

• An exclamation.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Quotation marks are used to show what a ______ is saying.

(a)  

• book

• character
• period
• comma
• dialogue
• question

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which punctuation is used to show a pause in a sentence?

• Period

• Comma

• Exclamation mark

• Quotation mark

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which is NOT an example of a speech tag?

• he asked

• Bouki shouted

• said Golidlocks

• he is laughing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A