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Grammar foldable With dialogue
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Draw 4 quadrants on a piece of paper
With the paper horizontal, fold the two side edges in to the center line. Write dialogue across the top of the two folded parts on the front.
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Outside top left, write:
would you like your coffee black asked the waiter Outside top right, write: the customer teased what other colors do you have
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Outside bottom left, write: Outside bottom right, write:
if we become engaged cooed the girl will you give me a ring Outside bottom right, write: sure said the snarky boy what’s your phone number
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Rules to remember: speaker tag at end
Inside top left Always capitalize the first word of dialogue Do not put a comma in front of the speaker tag if the dialogue ends in a question mark Place the question mark inside the quotation marks Check for end punctuation
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Rules to remember: speaker tag at beginning
Inside top right Put a comma after the speaker tag Capitalize the first word of dialogue Place a question mark inside the quotation marks
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Rules to Remember: speaker tag in middle, one sentence
Inside bottom left Capitalize the first word of dialogue Put commas on BOTH sides of a speaker tag when it is in the middle of a sentence Do not capitalize the first word of dialogue when it is a continuation of a sentence Punctuation always comes before quotation marks
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Rules to Remember: Speaker tag in middle, two sentences
Inside bottom right 1) capitalize the first word of dialogue 2) Place a comma in front of the speaker tag but inside the quotation marks 3) start a new sentence of dialogue with a capital. 4) check for end punctuation.
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