“It looks like bad weather today,” announced Chris. He pointed at the dark clouds. “I bet our baseball game will be postponed.” “It might hold off,” McKenna said, “at least until the game is done.” Chris said that he doubts it, for he is sure the clouds are going to open up any minute. McKenna argued, “Do you really think so?” she continued, “It seems a little brighter back toward town.” He shouted, “It’s snowing! Let’s go home.” “Maybe school will be cancelled,” McKenna hoped. “Maybe,” Chris whispered, “we will be out tomorrow too.” McKenna announced, “I can finally go home and watch ‘Frosty the Snowman’ On Demand! My brother makes fun of me saying, ‘You’re so juvenile,’ but I can’t help it. I love that show!”

Revise the following to show all the dialogue rules: Use the dialogue tags and capitalization as clues. Ladies first said Edward as he pushed the microscope toward Bella. You were gone Bella mentioned. Edward responded Yeah, um, I was out of town for a couple of days, personal reasons. So are you enjoying the rain? he asked casually, and Bella laughed. What? he asked. You're asking me about the weather? Yeah, I-I guess I am. Well, um, I don't really like the rain. Any cold, wet thing, I don't really like.

“Ladies first,” said Edward as he pushed the microscope toward Bella. “You were gone,” Bella mentioned. Edward responded, “Yeah, um, I was out of town for a couple of days, personal reasons. So are you enjoying the rain?” he asked casually, and Bella laughed. “What?” he asked. “You're asking me about the weather?” “Yeah, I-I guess I am.” “Well, um, I don't really like the rain. Any cold, wet thing, I don't really like.”

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the titles of their works are italicized. Examples:  The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton  Roar by Katy Perry  Casey at the Bat by Lawrence

 we need to underline and put quotation marks around those titles.  A decision must be made of which you must do…underline or quotes????

When we write, titles of short works should be set off with quotation marks. short stories “Amigo Brothers” essays “The Most Memorable Story of Unit One” short poems “Casey At The Bat” songs “Roar” articles “Caffeinated Gum” chapters of books “Cells” television episodes “SpongeBob’s Staycation”

How to decide books plays book length poems newspapers magazines pamphlets movies television series paintings and sculptures CD titles Ballets, operas, and musicals ships, aircraft, and space craft When we write, titles of longer works should be underlined. When we type, titles of longer works should be italicized. Titles = Underlined

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Use quotation marks to begin and end a direct quotation. Separate the quote from the dialogue tag by commas.  I said, “The book by Gary Paulsen will surprise you.” Do not use quotation marks to set off an indirect quotation.  I said that the book by Gary Paulsen would surprise you.

An exclamation point or question mark is placed inside the quotation marks when it punctuates the quotation. It is placed outside when it punctuates the main sentence.  For example:  I almost fell over when he asked, “That won’t be a problem for you, will it?”  Did the teacher really say, “Finish by tomorrow”?

The first word of the quotation is capitalized.  He announced, “We’ll discuss the book in one hour.”

Both parts of a divided quotation are enclosed in quotation marks. The first word of the second part is not capitalized unless it begins a new sentence.  “This book,” our teacher declared, “is an incredible story of survival.”

 Quotes within quotes: If you need to have one character directly quoting another character, then use double quotes for your main dialogue and single quotes for the quote-within-a-quote. This includes publications.  “And then he said, ‘Mind your own business.’ He has some nerve!” she yelled.  "Everyone will read the short story entitled ‘The Escape' for tomorrow," said the substitute teacher.

Periods and commas ALWAYS go inside quotation marks.  “I think you’re wrong,” Dan argued.

Colons and semicolons ALWAYS go outside quotation marks.  Dan said, “I think you’re wrong”; he was asking us to clean out our lockers.

If the sentence continues after the quote and the following words are not proper nouns then you DO NOT capitalize the next word.  “Did you hear Mr. Marcoux?” asked Steve.  “Watch out!” warned John.  “No homework tonight!” Mrs. Tomao asserted.

When you write dialogue, begin a new paragraph whenever the speaker changes. “Ladies first,” said Edward as he pushed the microscope toward Bella. “You were gone,” Bella mentioned. Edward responded, “Yeah, um, I was out of town for a couple of days, personal reasons. So are you enjoying the rain?” he asked casually, and Bella laughed. “What?” he asked. “You're asking me about the weather?” “Yeah, I-I guess I am.” “Well, um, I don't really like the rain. Any cold, wet thing, I don't really like.”

Use quotation marks when referring short works and sections of longer works. The following types of titles should be set off with quotation marks. short stories essays short poems songs articles chapters of books television episodes

Underline (when writing) or italicize (when typing) longer publications. The following types of titles should be underlined/ italicized: books plays book length poems newspapers magazines pamphlets movies television series paintings and sculptures CD titles Ballets, operas, and musicals ships, aircraft, and space craft