Quotation Marks in Dialogue

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What are quotation marks used for in dialogue?

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Quotation marks are used to show the exact words someone says or thinks.

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How do you punctuate a sentence with a quote?

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You place the quotation marks around the spoken words and use punctuation inside the quotation marks.

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What is indirect dialogue?

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Indirect dialogue is when you report what someone said without using their exact words.

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Can you give an example of indirect dialogue?

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He said that he would be there soon.

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What is direct dialogue?

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Direct dialogue is when you write the exact words spoken by a character, enclosed in quotation marks.

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How do you write a character's thoughts?

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You can write a character's thoughts without quotation marks, as in: She thought she would win.

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What is the correct way to quote a question?

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You place the question inside quotation marks and include a question mark before the closing quotation mark.

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What is the correct way to quote a statement?

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You place the statement inside quotation marks and use a period or comma as needed.

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How do you use quotation marks with dialogue tags?

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Place the dialogue in quotation marks, followed by a comma, and then the dialogue tag.

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What is a dialogue tag?

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A dialogue tag is a phrase that attributes the spoken words to a character, like 'he said' or 'she asked'.