Dialogue

Dialogue

1. use a comma before using quotation marks

2. use before and after a character's exact words

3. When ending a sentence the period always goes inside

4. When the speaker's tag follows a quotation, should you place the comma inside or outside of the quotation marks?

   • The commas should be inside

5. What should you do when you move from one speaker to another?

   • You should start a new paragraph.

6. Examples:

   • Let's go to the beach said Kyle
     • "Let's go to the beach," said Kyle
   • Kyle said, " Why don't you call her?"
     • kyle said why don't you call her