Quotation marks have a variety of uses. Exact words spoken Use quotation marks around the exact words spoken. “A”Examples: “I’m not going tonight,” he announced. “But you’re the MC!” she protested. Dialogue tags Dialogue tags indicate who is speaking. Not every line of dialogue needs a tag. Conversation back and forth between two speakers […]
Dialogue
Question Marks
A question mark ends a question. Information or permission Questions ask for information or permission. ?Examples: What’s your name? My name’s Samantha. What’s yours? May I have a raise in my allowance? Are you willing to work for it? Surprise or dismay >Some statements indicating surprise or dismay are questions. Examples: He came early? He […]
Exclamation Mark
Exclamation Mark (!) Exclamation marks are best used in fictional dialogue, not in narrative. Strong emotion, excitement, emphasis Note: Related punctuation is included before the ellipsis. !End the sentence with an exclamation mark when the speaker needs to display strong emotion, excitement, or emphasis. Examples: “Don’t do that!” “I could never do that again, nor […]
Quotation marks – punctuation
Position Commas and periods ALWAYS go inside the closing quotation mark (unless the quotation mark designates feet or inches, in which case it is not a quotation mark). That’s the easy part. The location of the question marks/exclamation marks depends on the question/exclamation. If the dialogue tag is a question or exclamation, the closing quotation […]
