Formatting Dialogue

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What are quotation marks used for in dialogue?

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Quotation marks are used to indicate the exact words spoken by a character.

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Correct the following sentence: Jane said, 'I really want to eat Cheetos.'

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Jane said, 'I really want to eat Cheetos.'

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What punctuation is used to separate a speaker's words from a speaker tag?

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A comma is used to separate a speaker's words from a speaker tag.

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Identify the correct use of quotation marks: 'That's just great,' Ms. Anderson cried out, 'I can't find my keys!'

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Correct: 'That's just great,' Ms. Anderson cried out, 'I can't find my keys!'.

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What is a speaker tag?

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A speaker tag is a phrase that attributes dialogue to a specific character, such as 'he said' or 'she asked'.

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Correct the following sentence: 'How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world.' Observed Anne Frank.

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'How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world,' observed Anne Frank.

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What is the purpose of using commas in dialogue?

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Commas are used to separate the spoken words from the speaker tag.

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Choose the correct sentence: 'That's just great,' Ms. Anderson cried out, 'I can't find my keys!' or 'That's just great' Ms. Anderson cried out 'I can't find my keys.'

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'That's just great,' Ms. Anderson cried out, 'I can't find my keys!'.

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What should be placed around a speaker's exact words?

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Quotation marks should be placed around a speaker's exact words.

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Correct the following sentence: 'After a good dinner one can forgive anybody', joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, 'Even one's own reflections.'

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'After a good dinner one can forgive anybody,' joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, 'even one's own reflections.'