Punctuation & Dialogue

What is a dialogue?

• When characters are talking

• A type of punctuation

• A list of items

• A speech tag

A speech tag shows who is talking in a story. True or False?

• True

• False

What do quotation marks do?

• Show a pause in a sentence

• Go around the words a character is saying

• Indicate a question

• Separate items in a list.

A comma is used to ______ items in a list.

(a)  

• join

• separate
• highlight

• underline

Which of the following is a punctuation mark?

• Dialogue

• Speech tag

• Comma

• Character

Punctuation marks help to ______ writing.

(a)  

• confuse

• organize
• delete

• ignore

What does a question mark show?

• A statement

• A question

• A command

• An exclamation.

Quotation marks are used to show what a ______ is saying.

(a)  

• book

• character
• period
• comma
• dialogue
• question

Which punctuation is used to show a pause in a sentence?

• Period

• Comma

• Exclamation mark

• Quotation mark

Which is NOT an example of a speech tag?

• he asked

• Bouki shouted

• said Golidlocks

• he is laughing