Dialogue Punctuation PRACTICE

Which of the following is correct?

• Come back here! Keira called.

• "Come back here!" Keira called.

• "Come back here" Keira called.

• Come back here, Keira called.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Re-write the sentence, with punctuation:

I miss you said Miss Kortonick

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Re-write the sentence, with punctuation:

Where are we going he asked

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which of the following is correct?

• "I enjoy working with you" said Tina

• I enjoy working with you, said Tina

• "I enjoy working with you, said Tina"

• "I enjoy working with you," said Tina.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

True or false: you must start a new line each time a new character speaks.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

"Do we have a Team Meeting today" asked Mr. Jones.

• Comma after "today"

• Question mark after "today"

• Question mark after "Mr. Jones"

• Period after "today"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

"I cannot wait to plan this year's Halloween costume" Ms. McNulty shouted.

• Comma after "costume"

• Exclamation point after "shouted"

• Exclamation point after "costume"

• Period after "costume"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Match the following dialogue tags to the speech utterance.

• "Goooood morning, class!"

• Mrs. Verdone asked,

• "Who finds dialogue writing challenging?"

• Mrs. Karetny exclaimed,

• "It is disappointing no one did their HW."

• Mr. Mosher grumbled,

• "We will be reviewing rotations and transitions today."

• Mrs. Hahn explained,

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2C

When writing dialogue and your speaker changes, what do you need to do to the following line of text?

• Press space 22 times

• Indent

• Bold it

• Italicize it

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is dialogue?

• A conversation between/amongst characters

• When the narrator tells you what is happening in the story

• A verb

• Boring

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D