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Punctuating Dialogue
Quotation Marks “”
• 1. Use quotation marks to signal when someone is speaking (direct quote).
– Direct quote: “Isn’t Billy Dean the best singer in the world?” Carly asked Jane.
– Indirect: Carly told Jane how she thought Billy Dean was the best singer in the whole world.
– **Look for a ‘speaker tag’- it indicates that it was said out loud.
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• 2. A direct quote begins with a capital letter.• Brandon shouted, “Over here!”
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• 3. If the speaker tag interrupts a quote, the second part of the quotation begins with a lowercase letter.
• “Did you know,” asked Angelo, “how Batman became the superhero he is?”
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• 4. A direct quote is set off from the rest of the sentence with a comma, exclamation point or questions mark…never a period.
– Alyssa said, “I like cheese.”– “I like cheese, too,” Anne replied.– “What a cool movie!” Bob shouted.– “Do you like action movies?” Dave asked.
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• 5. Use half-quotation marks when using a quote within a quote.– Mrs. Hall reminded us, “Remember what I told
you yesterday. I said, ‘Make sure you turn in your books on time’.”
6. When writing dialogue, begin a new paragraph each time the speaker changes.
“No, I don’t think that we should go to the party because I am too tired,” Anne whined.
“Come on!” John begged. “I really think we would have fun.”
“Yeah,” Malory joined in, “we really should go for a little while.”
“Fine. I suppose we can go for a bit,” Anne relented, with a sigh. “I just don’t want to stay too long.”
“Sounds like a plan,” John smiled.
Period vs. Comma
• “I think we should get married,” Bob told Sally. “We are really good friends and I love you.”
• This one gets a period after the speaker tag because the speaker tag is in the middle of two COMPLETE sentences.
• “I thought,” Sally sighed, “that you would never ask!”• This one gets a comma because they are NOT complete sentences that can
stand on their own.
• MORE EXAMPLES:• “I want to go to Lagoon,” Lexi said.
• “I want to go to Lagoon!” Lexi shouted.
• “Do you want to go to Lagoon?” Lexi asked.
• “I do want to go to Lagoon,” Bob replied. “I could go this weekend.”
• “Do you think,” Lexi wondered, “that we could go on Friday?”
• “Yes!” Bob agreed. “That’s a great idea.”
Your turn:
• I really would like to go to the movies said Janice.
• Don’t you think Mrs. Tyler is nice asked Bob.
• Could you please come with me Donald pleaded I am scared.
• If you want to go replied Mom you need to get in the car now.
• Correct the following paragraph with quotation marks, punctuation and ‘¶’ when a new paragraph is needed.
I would love to see the Mona Lisa when we go to Paris said Sally.
Don’t you think that would be a great stop on our trip? Well, I don’t
know replied Ralph I am not really that interested in art. What do
you mean exclaimed Sally it is not just any piece of art, it is the Mona
Lisa Yeah, I know said Ralph I guess we could go and see it, if you
want to. I really do Sally said as she nodded Thank you, Ralph. We
can add something to the schedule that you really want to do. As long
as I get an Italian piece of pizza, I will be just fine laughed Ralph.