* Use quotation marks at the beginning and end of exactly what a speaker says. ex. "Shaylea," asked Brad,"can you pass me my sweater?"
* Use other punctuation marks to separate the quotation from the rest of the sentence (comma, question mark, exclamation mark). ex. "Did you have gym this morning?" questioned Ben's friend. Megan raised her hand and yelled, "I know! I know!"
* Each quotation should have a punctuation mark before the final quotation mark ex. "How much homework do you have tonight?" inquired Mackenzie. * Each time you have a new speaker, you need to begin on the next line down. ex. "I'm hungry." announced Ivory. "Me too!" replied Luke. "Hmm..." pondered Ivory. "Let's get a pizza." "Great idea!"
Activity
Write three sentences of dialogue with once sentence that uses a quotation at the beginning, one at the end, and one broken up in the middle.