Quotations and Dialogue

What is a character doing with the words in one of these?

• Thinking

• Speaking

• Sleeping

• Motioning

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

What are these called?

• Question Marks

• Comma

• Quotation Marks

• Semicolon

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas

• speaker tags

• quotation marks

• An indent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Dialogue is

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

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,"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Is this sentence sentence written correctly?

"The movie begins at 7:30." said Chad.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

"Help me __ " screamed Blake.

• .
• "
• !
• ?

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

"Third grade is our best year yet!" exclaimed Cliff.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Place a _____________ after a quotation.

• period

• exclamation point

• quotation mark

• comma

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D