Writing Good Dialogue

Dialogue is

• a conversation between/amongst characters
• a verb
• when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
• boring

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?
• "
• '
• ,

_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.

• Indent
• Capitalize
• Underline
• Delete

What do you have to do every time a new character is speaking?

• indent

• use a verb

• be descriptive

• raise your hand

Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"
• Polly shouted! "I want a cracker."
• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!
• "Polly shouted," I want a cracker!

Is this sentence written correctly?
Cliff exclaimed, "Seventh grade is the best year yet!"

• correct
• incorrect

Is this sentence written correctly? 
"Dogs are the most amazing animals", said Mrs. Hutchens.

• correct
• incorrect

Is this sentence written correctly?

Chad told me, "the movie begins at 7:30."

• Correctly

• Incorrectly

Which of the following is correct? 

• Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."
• Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos".
• Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."
• Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"