Aim: How do we punctuate dialogue correctly?

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• Aim How do we punctuate dialogue correctly?
• Do Now
• HW out please!
• When you write a story and you want to show
  someone is talking, what do you do to set it
  apart from the other writing in your story?
  Please explain in your writers notebook

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Use quotation marks to show someone is speaking!
punctuating dialogue
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The Rules
1. Use quotation marks to enclose a direct
quotation/a persons exact words
When the bell rings, leave the room quietly,
the teacher said.
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The Rules
2. A direct quotation generally begins with a
capital letter
Lisa said, Dinner isnt ready yet.
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The Rules
3. When a quote is interrupted with a tag, the
second part of the quote begins with a lower case
letter.
I dont like the fall, said Sam, but I love
the winter.
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The Rules
4. A direct quote can be set off from the rest
of the sentence by a comma or end punctuation.
I think science is more exciting than math,
said Bernie.
Velma commented, I especially like to do the
experiments.
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The Rules
5. A comma or end punctuation is placed inside
the closing quotation marks.
The exhibit begins over there, said the museum
guide.