Directions: Punctuate the 5 sentences provided and then make up two of your own. Remember to use a quote.
Punctuating dialogue is easy. People speak to each other all the time. In order to punctuate what is being said, you only have to remember to put quotation marks (" ") around every word that is said in the conversation. For example, if your mom is speaking to you she might say,
"I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!" Notice that the punctuation was inside of the quotation mark. That was easy, but it becomes a little more difficult when YOU are quoting what she said. For instance: My mother shouted, "I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!" Notice the placement of the comma before what was actually said.
In a broken quote, you need two sets of quotation marks. For example,
"I'm going to scream," my mother shouted, "if you say that one more time!" Notice that the second quote does not begin with a capital letter because it is the same sentence. Look at the following examples:
1. "I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!" my mother shouted.
2. "I'm going to scream," my other shouted, "if you say that one more time!"
3. My mother shouted, "I'm going to scream if you say that one more time!"
After punctuating the 5 sentences provided for you, make up two of your own with dialogue (somebody is speaking).
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