Quotation Marks o Place quotation marks and a

“Quotation Marks”

o Place quotation marks ____ and ____ a direct quotation. n n n The coach asked, “Will you be at practice? ” “I’m afraid, ” the officer said, “you were speeding. ” “Which dog is yours? ” the woman inquired.

o A _____ separates the speaker from what is being said. n The coach asked, “Will you be at practice? ”

o If a quotation is interrupted by the name of the speaker, the second part of the quotation begins with a ______ letter if it is a continuation of the first part. n “I’m afraid, ” the officer said, “you were speeding. ”

o _____ and _____ always go inside final quotation marks. n n “I found an oyster shell, ” Doris announced. Jay said, “We should practice our skit. ”

o The location of _______ and _______ can vary. Place them ____ the final quotation marks if they are part of the quotation. Place them ____ if they are part of the complete sentence but not part of the quotation. n n (Inside) I asked, “When will we get there? ” (Outside) Did you say, “Let’s go to the mall tonight”?

o o o When punctuating dialogue, start a new _____ each time the speaker changes. If a speaker says two or more sentences without interruption, put quotation marks at the _____ of the first sentence and at the _____ of the last line. “I can hardly wait to see the Grand Canyon!” Mary exclaimed. “I hear it is beautiful. ” Her mother explained, “It looks like the postcards you see. The colors are so vibrant. I think the Grand Canyon is nature’s greatest oil paining!”