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RULES TO FOLLOW FOR
DIALOGUE
1. Capitalize the first word in the beginning of all quotations.
2. Place quotation marks before the first word a speaker says and
after the last word the speaker says.
3. Use punctuation to separate the speaker from the words spoken.
4. Indent each time the speaker changes
Dialogue Sample
(from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing)
Fudge was standing in the kitchen doorway with a big grin on
his face. My mother picked him up and patted his head. "Fudgie," she
said to him, "tell Mommy where brother's turtle is."
"In tummy," Fudge said.
"What tummy?" Mom asked.
"MINE!" Fudge laughed.
My mother put Fudge down on the kitchen counter where he
couldn't get away from her. "Oh, you're fooling Mommy…right?"
"No fool!" Fudge said.
My mother turned very pale. "You really ate your brother's
turtle?"
Big smile from Fudge.