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Punctuation of Dialogue

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Punctuation of Dialogue
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What might happen if prose writers did not include speech tags along with their dialogue?

Readers would be confused over who's speaking

The dialogue would not represent the person or character's exact words

They'd have to use word balloons instead

Quotation marks would not be necessary

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you're writing prose that contains dialogue, when must you begin a new paragraph?

whenever a different character begins speaking

at the end of every sentence

before every speech tag

after every comma

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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

Indent

Capitalize

Underline

Delete

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

correct

incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

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

correct

incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Is this sentence written correctly? 
"The basketball game was great.  We won by twenty points!" exclaimed Mark.

correct

incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which of the options below is correct?

Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"

"Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"

Emily begged "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"

Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner"?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

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