Punctuation Semicolons Colons Quotation Marks Hyphens

What are the rules for using quotation marks in dialogue?

• Placing punctuation marks outside the quotation marks

• The rules for using quotation marks in dialogue include starting a new paragraph for each speaker, using double quotation marks for spoken words, placing punctuation marks inside the quotation marks, using dialogue tags to indicate the speaker, and using single quotation marks for thoughts or internal dialogue.

• Using single quotation marks for spoken words

• Using double quotation marks for thoughts or internal dialogue

What are the different types of dialogue punctuation?

• commas, semicolons, and exclamation marks

• quotation marks, dashes, and ellipses

• apostrophes, hyphens, and question marks

• parentheses, brackets, and colons

Which of the following is a correct usage of quotation marks?

• c

• b

• d

• a

What is the correct punctuation for interrupted dialogue?

• "I don't think...", she started.

• "I don't think..." she started.

• "I don't think..." She started.

• "I don't think...", She started.

What is the correct punctuation for a question within dialogue?

• "What do you mean?" She asked.

• "What do you mean?", she asked.

• "What do you mean?" she asked.

• "What do you mean?", She asked.

What is the correct punctuation for an exclamation within dialogue?

• "Wow!" she exclaimed.

• "Wow!", She exclaimed.

• "Wow!" She exclaimed.

• "Wow!", she exclaimed.

What is the correct punctuation for a dialogue tag after a question?

• "Where are you going?" She asked.

• "Where are you going?" she asked.

• "Where are you going?", she asked.

• "Where are you going?", She asked.

What is the correct punctuation for a dialogue tag after an exclamation?

• "I can't believe it!", she shouted.

• "I can't believe it!" She shouted.

• "I can't believe it!", She shouted.

• "I can't believe it!" she shouted.

What is the correct punctuation for a dialogue tag after interrupted dialogue?

• "I don't think..." She started.

• "I don't think..." she started.

• "I don't think...", she started.

• "I don't think...", She started.

The hyphen is used in ___________

• Compound nouns, verbs, adjectives

• separate sentences