When writing a dialogue, you must start a new line on the page each time a new character starts speaking.
The punctuation for the end of a sentence ALWAYS goes inside of the quotation marks.
No matter what, every sentence should end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
"I'm on my way home," said Molly.
"I'm on my way home" said Molly.
"I'm on my way home", said Molly.
"I'm on my way home." said Molly.
"I'm sorry," Meg said. "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
"I'm sorry." Meg said. "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
"I'm sorry" Meg said. "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
"I'm sorry," Meg said "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
"Where are you going?" my mom asked.
"Where are you going," my mom asked?
"Where are you going," my mom asked.
"Where are you going" my mom asked.
"I'm so excited!" shouted Adam.
"I'm so excited," shouted Adam!
"I'm so excited" shouted Adam.
"I'm so excited", shouted Adam.
"It's really fun," said Amy, "to play at the park."
"It's really fun," said Amy. "to play at the park."
"It's really fun" said Amy, "to play at the park."
"It's really fun," said Amy "to play at the park."
"Let's get some lunch," said Tom. "After that, we'll head home."
"Let's get some lunch," said Tom, "After that, we'll head home."
"Let's get some lunch" said Tom. "After that, we'll head home."
"Let's get some lunch," said Tom "After that, we'll head home."
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
"Let's welcome our new student," said Mrs. Hadley, "William."
"Let's welcome our new student," said Mrs. Hadley. "William."
"Let's welcome our new student" said Mrs. Hadley, "William."
"Let's welcome our new student?" said Mrs. Hadley, "William."