Use of Dialogue

Choose the correctly written dialogue.

• "My students are excellent dialogue writers," exclaimed their excited 7th grade teacher.
• "My students are excellent dialogue writers!" Exclaimed their excited 7th grade teacher.
• "My students are excellent dialogue writers!" exclaimed their excited 7th grade teacher
• "My students are excellent dialogue writers!" exclaimed their excited 7th grade teacher.

Choose the correctly written dialogue.

• She thought further, Surely they  will get every one of the answers correct."
• She thought further, "surely they  will get every one of the answers correct."
• She thought further, "Surely they  will get every one of the answers correct."
• She thought further, surely they  will get every one of the answers correct.

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words

• commas
• speaker's tags
• quotation marks
• An indention

Which word should be followed by a quotation mark in the following sentence?
The mother remarked, Don't forget to clean your room!"

• remarked
• Don't
• mother
• your

Is the following sentence punctuated correctly?
"Your practice has been cancelled today." Mom told Hunter.

• true
• false

______________ each time the speaker changes in a narrative writing.

• skip a line
• indent
• all of the above
• None of these

Is the following sentence punctuated correctly?
Mason asked his friend, "Do you have a pencil that I can borrow?"

• True
• False

Is the following sentence written correctly?
Chad told me, "the movie begins at 7:30."

• true
• false

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?
• "
• '
• ,

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• According to the map Amy whispered we are very close to the hidden treasure.
• "According to the map," Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
• "According to the map" Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."
• According to the map, Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."