Using Commas with Dialogue: Quotation Marks

Where does the comma go in a sentence with dialogue?

• outside the quotation mark

• inside of the quotation marks

• after the speakers name.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What do you do AFTER the quotations marks that start mid sentence?

• insert comma

• capitalize letter

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated. 

• "Would you like a milkshake or a brownie?" asked the man.

• "Would you like a milkshake or a brownie"? asked the man. 

• Would you like a milkshake or a brownie "asked the man".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• "Ike is the best looking dog in the world," said Ms. Wedereit.

• "Ike is the best looking dog in the world", said Ms. Wedereit. 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is correctly punctuated? 

• "I don't care" exclaimed Ms. Wedereit "what you think about this video." 

• "I don't care," exclaimed Ms. Wedereit, "what you think about this video." 

• "I don't care", exclaimed Ms. Wedereit, "what you think about this video". 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Because the quote is not a direct quote, you do not have to capitalize the "F" in feeling. 

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A