1. Quotation Marks Bellringers

2. Bellringer INSTRUCTIONS: The following sentences contain quotation mark punctuation errors. Write the sentences as they appear and then make the corrections. 1. “What did you mean by saying, “Your adjectives are too vague,” in response to my paper?” I asked. 2. “I meant (replied my teacher) that there are words more precise than nice.”

3. Bellringer INSTRUCTIONS: The following sentences contain quotation mark punctuation errors. Write the sentences as they appear and then make the corrections. 1. “Specific nouns” said Ms. Bell “communicate clearly”. 2. “Like precise verbs” she added “they are efficient”!

4. Answers INSTRUCTIONS: The following sentences contain quotation mark punctuation errors. Write the sentences as they appear and then make the corrections. 1. “Specific nouns,” said Ms. Bell, “communicate clearly.” 2. “Like precise verbs,” she added, “they are efficient!”

5. Bellringer INSTRUCTIONS: The following sentences contain quotation mark errors. Write the sentences as they appear and then make corrections. 1. Sojourner Truth said to the crowd, Children, I have talked and sung to you, as you asked me. 2. Then the old woman asked the people to “leave her in peace after she sang one more song.”