Punctuating Dialogue-Narrative Writing (rules and examples)

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What is dialogue?

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A conversation between characters.

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What surrounds dialogue in a sentence?

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quotation marks

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What is a dialogue tag?

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It tells the reader WHO is talking and HOW they say their line.

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Dialogue tag in: "What time is it?" she asked.

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she asked

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Dialogue tag in: Peter exclaimed, "I can't wait until it's my birthday!"

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Peter exclaimed

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New speaker action:

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Start a new paragraph by hitting "Enter- Tab".

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How to show internal dialogue?

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It will be in italics.

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Identify the error in: "do you want ice cream?" asked Mark.

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The sentence is not capitalized.

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Missing punctuation in: "Don't forget to wash your hands " shouted mom.

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exclamation point

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Correct quote: "Now you know why I couldn't wait to get here," said Ebla.

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"Now you know why I couldn't wait to get here," said Ebla.