WITH DIALOGUE

Grammar foldable

Draw 4 quadrants on a piece of paper

With the paper horizontal, fold the two side edges in to the center line.

Write dialogue across the top of the two folded parts on the front.

Outside top left, write: would you like your coffee black asked the waiter

Outside top right, write: the customer teased what other colors do you

have

Outside bottom left, write:if we become engaged cooed the girl will you

give me a ringOutside bottom right, write:

sure said the snarky boy what’s your phone number

Rules to remember: speaker tag at end

Inside top left1) Always capitalize the first word of dialogue2) Do not put a comma in front of the speaker tag if

the dialogue ends in a question mark3) Place the question mark inside the quotation marks4) Check for end punctuation

Rules to remember: speaker tag at beginning

Inside top right1) Put a comma after the speaker tag2) Capitalize the first word of dialogue3) Place a question mark inside the quotation marks

Rules to Remember: speaker tag in middle, one sentence

Inside bottom left1) Capitalize the first word of dialogue2) Put commas on BOTH sides of a speaker tag when

it is in the middle of a sentence3) Do not capitalize the first word of dialogue when it

is a continuation of a sentence4) Punctuation always comes before quotation marks

Rules to Remember: Speaker tag in middle, two sentences

Inside bottom right1) capitalize the first word of dialogue2) Place a comma in front of the speaker tag but inside the quotation marks3) start a new sentence of dialogue with a capital.4) check for end punctuation.