1. Dialogue Rules and Practice

2. Dialogue Rules Rule #1: Dialogue is always in quotes. Rule #2: When there is a mew speaker, you start a new paragraph. Rule #3: Speaker tags can come before, after, or in the middle of dialogue. Before- Will asked, “What time will dinner be ready?” After- “Take out the trash before you go to school,” his mother yelled. Middle- “I wonder if the test will be hard,” Kylie commented, “I should probably study anyway.”

3. Dialogue Rules Rule #4: Capitalize the first letter of the sentence in quotes. Rule #5: The comma, question mark, period, exclamation point go inside the quotation marks. -Comma: “Today, I walked home, ” Tom said. -Question Mark: Betty asked, “Tom walked home today ? ” -Exclamation Point: “Tom fell on his way home today ! ” exclaimed Sarah. -Period: Tom said, “Today, I walked home. ”

4. Dialogue Rules Rule #6: When dialogue is first, and the speaker tag is last, the dialogue is followed by a comma, question mark or exclamation point- not a period. The period follows the speaker tag. -Comma: “Today, I walked home, ” Tom said. -Question Mark: Betty asked, “Tom walked home today ? ” -Exclamation Point: “Tom fell on his way home today ! ” exclaimed Sarah.

5. Practice Punctuate the following conversation from The View From Saturday (p.51). You will need to add commas, periods, question marks, quotation marks, indent, and capitalization. I noticed I said He said I'm taking off tomorrow What are you going to do I asked I thought we might go up to Disney World. You used to like Epcot What will I do with Ginger I asked Well father replied let me find out what accommodations they have