Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue

Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue

9th Grade · ELA · 45 min· Ccss.ela-literacy.l.4.2b

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Learning Objective

I can correctly punctuate direct speech and quotations using commas and quotation marks.

  • 1

    Quotation marks are used to surround the exact words a person says.

  • 2

    When a direct quote comes after the speaker, a comma is placed before the opening quotation marks; when the quote comes before the speaker, the comma is placed inside the closing quotation marks.

  • 3

    If a sentence in quotations is a question or an exclamation, the appropriate punctuation mark goes inside the quotation marks instead of a comma.