Direct quotations

It is a person’s exact words.

• Indirect quotation

• Direct quotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do we use before and after a direct quotation?

• commas

• question marks

• quotation marks

• colons

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What punctuation mark can be either inside or outside the quotation marks?

• apostrophe

• period

• semi colon

• comma

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

A direct quotation can be placed…

• at the beginning of the sentence.

• at the beginning or at the end of the sentence.

• at the end of the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

When a direct quotation ends with a question mark or exclamation point we do not add comma.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.1.2C

Identify the sentence that has a direct quotation.

• Mike said that he would borrow me his ball.

• Next vacation, I will go to the beach.

• "What's that?" asked Louise.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A