Punctuating Dialogue
Published on May 16, 2017
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Rule 1: Put quotes only around the words the speaker actually says.
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Rule 2: Put commas before or after the explanation words, in order to hook them to the rest of the sentence. (Explanation words are the words that explain who said it.)
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Rule 3: If the explanation words come in the middle of a sentence, put a comma before and after them.
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Rule 4: If the person talking is asking a question or making a strong statement, use a question mark or an exclamation point instead of a comma.
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Rule 5: Only capitalize the first letter after a quotation mark if it is the first word of a new sentence from the person being quoted.
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Rule 6: Every time a new speaker talks, start a new paragraph, no matter how short the sentence is.
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