Correctly Formatting Dialogue

Choose the dialogue that is formatted correctly.

• Hi I said to my friend.

• "Hi" I said to my friend.

• "Hi," I said to my friend.

• "Hi!" I said to my friend

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the dialogue that is formatted correctly.

• "Do you have a pencil I can borrow?"

• "Do you have a pencil I can borrow?" Ivan asked.

• "Do you have a pencil I can borrow" Ivan asked.

• "Do you have a pencil I can borrow Ivan asked?"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the dialogue that is formatted correctly.

• "Run for your lives! yelled Andrew. 
• Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
• "Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
• Run for your lives! "yelled Andrew."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What's wrong with this quote?

"I can't imagine why the sky is blue?" Chris said.

• This is a statement, not a question. There should be a period, not a question mark.

• This is a paraphrase, not a quote. Quotation marks are not needed.

Tags

7.8.e

Select the best answer:

• A) shouted, "Hey!"
• B) shouted hey!
• C) shouted, hey."
• As it is

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

Which of the following are included in the Rules of Dialogue? Select ALL that apply.

• Start a new paragraph when there is a new speaker

• Indent each new paragraph

• Don't tell the reader who is speaking

• Include punctuation INSIDE the quotation marks

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following are included in the Rules of Dialogue? Select ALL that apply.

• Use quotation marks to show what is being said out loud

• Punctuation should go outside the quotation marks

• Only put a period at the end of the sentence, not in the middle

• Use a comma to show the transition from a quote to a speaker tag, or from a speaker tag into a quote

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Is this sentence written correctly?
The teacher warned us, "that a surprise quiz was coming."

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Properly format the following sentence following the Rules of Dialogue:

I begged my mom Can I please go to the dance

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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