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Using Quotation Marks & Punctuating Dialogue: A Handy, Dandy Guide…

Using Quotation Marks & Punctuating Dialogue: A Handy, Dandy Guide…. Grammar Rule :. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 1. Use quotation marks… To enclose a person’s exact words. It generally begins with a capital letter.

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Using Quotation Marks & Punctuating Dialogue: A Handy, Dandy Guide…

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  1. Using Quotation Marks & Punctuating Dialogue: A Handy, Dandy Guide… Grammar Rule :

  2. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 1 Use quotation marks… • To enclose a person’s exact words. It generally begins with a capital letter. • Example: Lisa said, “The turkey isn’t ready yet, but please help yourself to the cheese and crackers.”

  3. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 2 Use quotation marks... • When an expression identifying the speaker interrupts a quoted sentence, the second part of the quotation begins with a lower-case letter. • Example: “When the bell rings,” said the teacher, “leave the room quietly.”

  4. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 3 Use quotation marks… • A quotation can be separated from the rest of the sentence by one or more commas or by a question mark or an exclamation point, but not by a period. Example: “I think science is more interesting than history,” said Bernie. Kim commented, “I like to do experiments.”

  5. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 4 Use quotation marks… • When a quotation at the beginning of a sentence ends with a question mark or an exclamation point, no comma is needed. Example: “Is that a good video game?” Jane wanted to know. “I’ll say it is!” Debbie exclaimed.

  6. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 5 Use quotation marks… • A comma or a period should be placed INSIDE the closing quotation marks. Example: Brad replied, “I’m ready to see some ancient Egyptian artwork.” “The art exhibit begins over there,” said the museum guide.

  7. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 6 Use quotation marks… • A question mark or an exclamation point should be placed inside closing quotation marks when the quotation/dialogue itself is a question or exclamation. Otherwise, it should be placed outside.

  8. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 6continued… Examples: • “How far have we come?” asked the exhausted man. (the dialogue/quotation is a question) • Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”? (the sentence, not the quotation is a question.) • “Jump!” ordered the firefighter. (the quotation is an exclamation) • I couldn’t believe it when he said, “No, thank you”! (the sentence, not the quotation is an exclamation)

  9. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 7 Use quotation marks… • When you write dialogue (a conversation), begin a new paragraph every time the speaker changes. Example: Jane said, “I’m so hungry; I could eat a horse!” Luke replied, “Well, I’m so hungry; I could eat two elephants!” “That’s funny,” said Jane.

  10. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 8 Use quotation marks… • When a quotation consists of several sentences, put quotation marks only at the beginning and the end of the whole quotation.” Example: “Mary Smith and I will wait for you at the bus stop. Please don’t keep us waiting. We like to be on time,” I said.

  11. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 9 Use quotation marks… • Use a single quotation to enclose a quotation within a quotation. Example: Brandon added, “My mom always says, ‘Look before you leap.’”

  12. Punctuating Dialogue: Rule 10 Use quotation marks… To enclose the titles of short works such as short stories, songs, episodes of TV series, essays, articles, chapters and other small parts of books (prologue, epilogue). Example: The song “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey is a great tune! Note: Titles of larger works like novels and the entire TV series are underlined. Example: The episode “Mannie Goes to School” on the show Modern Family is really hysterical.

  13. FYI: Underlining/Italicize Titles • Book titles • Journals and Magazines:Time, U.S. News and World Report, Georgia Review • Plays:Waiting for Godot, Long Day's Journey Into Night • Long Musical Pieces: Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite (but "Waltz of the Flowers"), Schubert's Winterreise (but "Ave Maria"). For musical pieces named by type, number and key — Mozart's Divertimento in D major, Barber's Cello Sonata Op. 6 — we use neither italics nor quotation marks. • Movies:Slingblade, Shine, The Invisible Man • Television and Radio Programs:Dateline, Seinfeld, Fresh Air, Car Talk • Artworks: the Venus de Milo, Whistler's The Artist's Mother • Famous Speeches: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Washington's Second Inaugural Address (when that is the actual title of the speech) • Long Poems (that are extensive enough to appear in a book by themselves): Longfellow's Evangeline, Milton's Paradise Lost, Whitman's Leaves of Grass • Pamphlets:

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