Using Quotation Marks to Show Dialogue

The video tutorial teaches students how to correctly use quotation marks to indicate dialogue in writing. It explains the role of taglines in identifying who is speaking and how they are speaking. Through examples and practice exercises, students learn to punctuate dialogue correctly, ensuring the first word after a quotation mark is capitalized and punctuation is placed before the closing quotation mark. The tutorial includes a story draft revision exercise and encourages students to apply these skills to their own writing.

What is the purpose of using quotation marks in writing?

Explain what a tagline is in the context of dialogue.

How should the first word after the opening quotation mark be formatted?

Describe the correct placement of punctuation in relation to quotation marks.

In the example, what indicates that the words are dialogue?

What should you do if you forget to include quotation marks around dialogue in your writing?

How can you identify dialogue in a sentence?