PUNCTUATING DIALOGUE WRITING WORKSHOP #1
PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] AT THE END. QUESTION #1 PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] AT THE END. [DIALOGUE] = Little pig, little pig! Let me come in. [SPEAKER TAG] = the wolf demanded “Little pig, little pig! Let me come in,” the wolf demanded.
PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] AT THE beginning. QUESTION #2 PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] AT THE beginning. [DIALOGUE] = Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin. [SPEAKER TAG] = the pig retorted The pig retorted, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.”
PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] in the middle between the words huff and and. QUESTION #3 PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] in the middle between the words huff and and. [DIALOGUE] = Then I’ll huff and puff, and I’ll blow your house down! [SPEAKER TAG] = the wolf started yelling “Then I’ll huff,” the wolf started yelling, “and puff, and I’ll blow your house down!”
PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] in the middle between the words CRY and i. QUESTION #4 PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] in the middle between the words CRY and i. [DIALOGUE] = Don’t cry! I swear I’ll get us home! [SPEAKER TAG] = Hansel soothed with authority “Don’t cry!” Hansel soothed with authority. “I swear I’ll get us home!”
PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] at the end. QUESTION #5 PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] at the end. [DIALOGUE] = This is chocolate. Isn’t this delicious? [SPEAKER TAG] = Gretel exclaimed “This is chocolate. Isn’t this delicious?” Gretel exclaimed.
QUESTION #6 PLACE THE [SPEAKER TAG] in the middle between the words tooth and come. [DIALOGUE] = I see you have a sweet tooth. Come in, and I shall fatten you up. [SPEAKER TAG] = the witch remarked “I see you have a sweet tooth,” the witch remarked. “Come in, and I shall fatten you up.”