IXL | Punctuating dialogue | 5th grade language arts

Which sentence is correct?

"The coyote vanished across the prairie", she says.

"The coyote vanished across the prairie," she says.

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Which sentence is correct?

He said, "My cat wrinkles her nose when she yawns."

He said, "My cat wrinkles her nose when she yawns".

key idea

A quotation shows the exact words that a person said. When writing a quotation, capitalize the first word. The entire quotation, including the end mark, should go inside the quotation marks.

"I have to leave now," she said.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

If the quotation ends a sentence, then add a comma before it.

She said, "I have to leave now."

He asked, "Where are you going?"

If the quotation starts a sentence and would normally end in a period, then change the period to a comma. (If the quotation ends with an exclamation mark or a question mark, don't change it to a comma.)

"I have to leave now," she said.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

Quotations can be used to show dialogue, which is a conversation between two or more people.

solution

This sentence is incorrect:

He said, "My cat wrinkles her nose when she yawns".

The entire quotation, including the period, should go inside quotation marks.

This sentence is correct:

He said, "My cat wrinkles her nose when she yawns."

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