Dialogue Punctuation

What is a speech tag?

• A speech tag is a character's name in a story.

• A speech tag is a phrase that identifies the speaker of a dialogue.

• A speech tag is a type of punctuation used in writing.

• A speech tag is a summary of the conversation.

Identify the speech tag in this sentence: "I can't believe it!" she exclaimed.

• she whispered

• she shouted

• she said

• she exclaimed

Which of the following uses quotation marks correctly? A) He said, I am here. B) He said, "I am here." C) He said I am here.

• He said, 'I am here.'

• He said I am here.

• He said, I am here.

• B) He said, "I am here."

How should you punctuate this dialogue? "Are you coming with us?" he asked.

• Are you coming with us? he asked.

• Are you coming with us?

• "Are you coming with us?" he asked.

• He asked, 'Are you coming with us?'

Separate the speaker from the dialogue in this sentence: "I love reading," she said.

• she said, 'I love reading'

• "I love reading," / she

• 'I love reading' she said

• 'I love reading' / she said

Which sentence correctly uses a comma in dialogue? A) "Let's go" she said. B) "Let's go," she said. C) "Let's go" she said.

• B) "Let's go," she said.

• Let's go she said.

• Let's go, she said.

• Let's go; she said.

How do you format dialogue for clarity?

• Avoid using any punctuation in dialogue

• Use quotation marks, new paragraphs for each speaker, and proper punctuation.

• Combine all speakers in one paragraph

• Use only italics for dialogue

What punctuation mark should be used at the end of this speech? "What time is it"

• ?

• ;

• !

• ...

Which of the following is correctly punctuated? A) "I can't wait!" B) "I can't wait! C) "I can't wait"

• A) "I can't wait!"

• I cant wait!

• I can't wait

• I can't wait?

What is the correct way to write this dialogue? "I don't know," she said, "if I can make it."

• I don't know if I can make it, she said.

• "I don't know," she said, "if I can make it."

• I don't know, she said, if I can go.

• I don't know, she said, if I can make it.