Self-Starter: Punctuating dialogue
Punctuate these statements or bits of conversation (dialogue):
1. The teacher said In this class there will be no talking, chewing, breathing, unnecessary eye movements, or tap dancing
2. I questioned Are you up on the furniture again you bad dog Get down now
3. I just finished reading The Lost Hero she remarked
So what did you think of it I asked
It was excellent she exclaimed
I agreed I loved it too
4. I wish today were Friday she said I’ve been looking forward to it for months now
How come he asked
Because finally I’m supposed to get my braces taken off. At least that’s what my orthodontist promised
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The Low-Down on Punctuating Dialogue
Using quotation marks mini-lesson
Rules: Quotation Marks and Punctuation
- Use quotation marks at the beginning and end of a direct quotation. Do not use them, however, to set off an indirect quotation.
- Bob said, "I doubled my money in the stock market last month!"
- Bob lied about doubling his money in the stock market last month.
- Punctuate a speaker's words with a comma, question mark, or exclamation point inside the quotation.
- Bob cried, "I'm ruined!"
- Bob wondered, "Am I ruined?"
- "I'm happier than Lenny at a petting zoo," Bob's enemy said.
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- Place a comma after explanatory words (he said, for example)
- In dialogue, begin a new paragraph each time the speaker changes and use a separate set of quotation marks.
- Use single quotation marks when using quotation marks inside of quotation marks.
- He said, "I know she said, 'Let's go to the Dominican Republic, this summer,' but I'd rather go to Hawaii."
- Put a colon or semicolon outside the closing quotation mark
- Here are things "not to do": thing 1, thing 2, thing 3.
- If a sentence that includes a quotation is a question or exclamation, place the question mark or exclamation point outside the quotation marks.
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