4839
AssignmentMultiple Choice

Using Dialogue Effectively

Question 4839 • Common Core ELA 7 B-IC

Which quote is correctly punctuated and formatted?

Answer
A
“Ain’t nobody in that room, a voice said. “You think he gone or something?”
B
“Ain’t nobody in that room,” a voice said. “You think he gone or something?”
C
Ain’t nobody in that room,” a voice said. “You think he gone or something?”
D
“Ain’t nobody in that room,” a voice said. “You think he gone or something” ?

Explanation

In B, the first spoken sentence begins and ends with quotation marks, and its comma comes before the closing quotation mark because the dialogue continues with the attribution “a voice said.” The attribution ends with a period, and the next spoken sentence starts with a new opening quotation mark and ends with its question mark inside the quotation marks. The other choices have missing or misplaced quotation marks or punctuation.

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