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Correctly Formatting Dialogue

Authored by Mia Commins

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Correctly Formatting Dialogue
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Choose the dialogue that is formatted correctly.

Hi I said to my friend.

"Hi" I said to my friend.

"Hi," I said to my friend.

"Hi!" I said to my friend

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Choose the dialogue that is formatted correctly.

"Do you have a pencil I can borrow?"

"Do you have a pencil I can borrow?" Ivan asked.

"Do you have a pencil I can borrow" Ivan asked.

"Do you have a pencil I can borrow Ivan asked?"

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Choose the dialogue that is formatted correctly.

"Run for your lives! yelled Andrew. 
Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
"Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
Run for your lives! "yelled Andrew."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What's wrong with this quote?

"I can't imagine why the sky is blue?" Chris said.

This is a statement, not a question. There should be a period, not a question mark.

This is a paraphrase, not a quote. Quotation marks are not needed.

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7.8.e

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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Select the best answer:

A) shouted, "Hey!"
B) shouted hey!
C) shouted, hey."
As it is

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following are included in the Rules of Dialogue? Select ALL that apply.

Start a new paragraph when there is a new speaker

Indent each new paragraph

Don't tell the reader who is speaking

Include punctuation INSIDE the quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following are included in the Rules of Dialogue? Select ALL that apply.

Use quotation marks to show what is being said out loud

Punctuation should go outside the quotation marks

Only put a period at the end of the sentence, not in the middle

Use a comma to show the transition from a quote to a speaker tag, or from a speaker tag into a quote

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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