Five rules to follow when writing dialogue

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Five rules to follow when writing dialogue Quotation Marks Five rules to follow when writing dialogue

What is dialogue? A conversation between two or more people

Dialogue Tags What are they? Examples: two words or more which attributes speech to a particular speaker. Examples: He said She shouted He asked

Punctuation around dialogue tags Use a comma NOT a period! Note: dialogue tags are in green Examples: Matt said, “I want more ice cream.” “This is my favorite class,” screamed Jamie.

Here are your five rules to punctuating Dialogue

Rule #1 Place quotation marks around the words that actually come out of the person’s mouth. Examples: Matt said, “I want more ice cream.” “This is my favorite class,” said Jamie.

Rule #2 If the quotation is at the end of a sentence, place the ending punctuation inside the end quotation mark. Examples: My mom said, “Clean your room!” Mariah said, “I want an iPod for my birthday.”

Rule #3 If the quotation is not at the end of a sentence, don’t forget to properly punctuate the sentence. Examples: “I attend Lake Shore High School,” said John. “Hush your mouth! Don’t matter who they are, any body sets foot in this house’s yo’ company,” Calpurnia said.

Rule #4 Each time a new person speaks, begin a new paragraph. Example: Mariah stomped her foot and demanded, “I want an iPod for my birthday!” “Certainly, honey,” her father replied. “Anything for my angel.” “Thanks!” Notice the indented paragraph when the speaker switches from Mariah to her father.

Rule #5 Capitalize the first word of what the person says, even if it occurs in the middle of a larger sentence. Example: Mariah’s mother asked her husband, “How are we going to afford this iPod?”