How to Format Dialogue

Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:

"'After a good dinner one can forgive anybody', joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, 'Even one's own reflections.'"

• "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody", joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, "Even one's own relations."

• "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody," joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, "even one's own reflections."

Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:

"How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world." Observed Anne Frank.

• "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world," Observed Anne Frank.

• "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world," observed Anne Frank.

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

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

• Indent
• Capitalize
• Underline
• Delete

"Help me __ " screamed Blake.

• .
• "
• !
• ?

Which of the following is correct?

• "I want some Cheetos." I howled "so let's go get some.

• "I want some Cheetos!" I howled, "so let's go get some."

• "I want some Cheetos!" I howled. "so let's go get some."

• "I want some Cheetos," I howled! "So let's go get some."

Which of these is correct?

• James is "extremely" disrespectful grumbled Chris.

• "James," is extremely disrespectful grumbled Chris.

• "James is extremely disrespectful", grumbled Chris.

• "James is extremely disrespectful," grumbled Chris.

Choose the sentence which uses quotation marks correctly.

• "That's just great," Ms. Anderson cried out, "I can't find my keys!"
• "That's just great", Ms. Anderson cried out "I can't find my keys"
• "That's just great Ms. Anderson cried out, I can't find my keys"
• "That's just great?"  Ms. Anderson cried out, I can't find my keys!"

Which of the following is correct?

• Jane begged, "I really want to eat ice-cream."

• Jane Begged, "I really want to eat ice-cream."

• Jane begged "I really want to eat ice-cream."

• Jane begged, "I really want to eat ice-cream,"

Speech tags are needed for each dialogue line.

• True

• False