Formatting Quotations in 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:

World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià once dramatically asserted that it takes, "An entire life just to know about tomatoes".

• World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià once dramatically asserted that it takes "an entire life just to know about tomatoes."

• World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià once dramatically asserted that it takes, "An entire life just to know about tomatoes."

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 said, "so let's go get some.
• "I want some Cheetos," I said, "so let's go get some."
• "I want some Cheetos," I Said. "so let's go get some."
• "I want some Cheetos," I said, "So let's go get some."

Which of these is correct?

• James is "very" nice said Chris.
• "James," is very nice said Chris.
• "James is very nice", said Chris.
• "James is very nice," said 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 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,"