Dialogue Writing

What is a character doing with the words in one of these?

• Thinking

• Speaking

• Sleeping

• Motioning

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

What are these called?

• Question Marks

• Comma

• Quotation Marks

• Semicolon

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas

• speaker tags

• quotation marks

• An indent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• "Do we go to recess today or tomorrow," Jake asked hopefully.
• Do we go to recess today or tomorrow? Jake asked hopefully.
• "Do we go to recess today or tomorrow?" Jake asked hopefully.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.W.5.3B

Identify the dialogue tag in the following sentence:
Christian cried, "He's not playing fair!"

• Christian 
• Christian cried
• He's not
• playing fair

"Help me __ " screamed Blake.

• .
• "
• !
• ?

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which word would you use to show someone is speaking loudly?

• said

• whispered

• bellowed

• declared

Which word would you use to show someone is feeling afraid?

• said

• bellowed

• whispered

• murmured

What emotion does the speaker show in the following sentence?

"I don't know what happened," sobbed Rebecca as she dropped to the floor.

• happiness

• sadness

• fear

• excitement

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?

• "

• '

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2