Question

Activity 4: Practice punctuating quoted speech. Notice that a new paragraph signals a change in speakers.

Both of your parents are deaf, aren't they I asked Roberto.
Yes, they are he replied
I'm looking for someone who knows sign language I said. Do you know sign language I asked. He said of course I do. I've been using sign language with my parents since I was a baby. It's a
beautiful and expressive language. I often prefer it to spoken language.
A deaf student is going to visit our class next Monday. Could you interpret for her I asked.
I'd be delighted to he answered. I'm looking forward to meeting her. Can you tell me why she is
coming?
She's interested in seeing what we do in our English classes I said.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

Explicación:

When you revise dialogue, be sure to punctuate it correctly so that your readers can see

who is talking and where a line of dialogue begins or ends. The rules for using quotation

marks, commas, and end marks of punctuation are listed below.

• Use quotation marks before and after a character's exact words. Place a period

inside closing quotation marks.

"Peter and Esteban are joining us."

• Use a comma to set off the speaker's tag (he said) from the beginning of a

quotation. Place the comma inside closing quotation marks when the speaker's tag

follows the quotation.

Harry said, "Come on, Ray. It'll be fun."

"Let's go," Gilda said.

• Use quotation marks around each part of a divided quotation. Remember to set off

the speaker's tag with commas.

"I'm not sure," said Ray, "that I feel like it."

• Place a question mark or an exclamation point inside the quotation marks when it

is part of the quotation.

"When will we be back?" Ray asked.

"Hooray!" said Debbi.

• Place a question mark or an exclamation point outside the quotation marks when it

is not part of the quotation.

Did I hear Ray say, "Okay"?

I can't believe he said, "Okay"!

• Start a new paragraph when you move from one speaker to another.

"How long a hike is it?" Ray asked. "I don't know whether I have the energy."

"I think," said Iris, "that it's about seven miles to the top.