Punctuating Dialogue
What do you call these: said Miss Agee, asked Dave, yelled Nick
What is a speaker tag
True or False: You need a comma after the day and the year when you have a sentence with BOTH of them. Ex: I was born on May 1, 1995, in Eden.
True
True or False: Commas should go after cities and states when they are in the middle of the sentence. Example: I was born in Eden, North Carolina, in 1995.
A direct address is when you are...
What is directly speaking to a person
If you don't have a _________ then you CANNOT use quotation marks.
a speaker tag
You should only use quotation marks where?
In a sentence where you have only the month and the day, should you use a comma?
No
Where do we need commas in this sentence?
I live in Ridgeway with my boyfriend.
No commas needed
True or False: This is an example of a direct address: Doug lives at 123 Ridgewood Road in Axton, Virginia.
False
If the speaker tag is at the end of the sentence, what types of punctuation could go before the quotation marks?
A comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point.
What needs to be done to correctly punctuate this sentence?
Miss Agee said my students are going to pass their quiz on Friday
The correct response is:
Miss Agee said, “My students are going to pass their quiz on Friday.”
How many commas and WHERE do they need to go in this sentence?
“I would love to come to your birthday party in September 24 2021 but I have to study for Miss Agee’s quiz,” said the students.
Two commas. After the 24 and after the 2021.
Correctly punctuate this sentence:
I have always wanted to travel to Tokyo Japan for vacation.
Commas after the city (Tokyo) and after the country (Japan). I have always wanted to travel to Tokyo, Japan, for vacation.
You have a direct address in the middle of your sentence. Where should you put the comma(s).
There should be a comma before and after the name.
Dialogue is
A conversation between two people
What is wrong with the following sentence?
“The best show on Netflix is Outer Banks,” said Kelly, “it is so great!”
The comma after Kelly needs to be a period and the I should be capitalized
What's wrong with the following sentence and WHY?!
I celebrated my birthday on May, 1, in Ridgeway.
There should not be a comma after May 1. There’s no year after the day.
You do not need a comma.
If the direct address is at the end of the sentence, do you need a comma? If so, where.
Yes, you need a comma before the name.
What needs to happen to the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence?
It should be capitalized
When should the question mark be OUTSIDE the quotation marks in a line of dialogue?
If the month, day, and year are at the end of the sentence and nothing else is after it, where would you need commas?
Ex: My brother’s birthday is December 17 1998
Only after the day because we will use a period after the year
Correctly punctuate this sentence:
Heather do you want to visit Richmond Virginia with me Asked Tanner
“Heather, do you want to visit Richmond, Virginia, with me?” asked Tanner.
What is wrong with the following sentence?
“Oh I think, John, forgot his homework at school,” said his mom.
John is not a direct address because the sentence is about him.
Correctly punctuate this sentence:
Hey Chris said Holly will you go to a barbecue with me on Friday September 24 2021 in Danville Virginia
“Hey, Chris,” said Holly, “will you go to a barbecue with me on Friday, September 24, 2021, in Danville, Virginia?”