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Dialogue Practice
Test Description: Compete against your peers for the top score in dialogue practice
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is direct speech?
A
a narrator reports what a character said
B
character speaks to another character
C
a character speaks without quotation marks
D
a character speaks their own words
2) What is wrong with this dialogue?
A
The dialogue tags should be omitted since they are unnecessary
B
All of the above
C
The dialogue tags should be separated by commas instead of periods
D
The dialogue tags should be lowercase after the quotation marks
3) What are some ways to indicate a change of speaker in dialogue?
A
Indentation, paragraph breaks, italics, and dialogue tags
B
Indentation, paragraph breaks, quotation marks, and dialogue tags or action beats
C
Indentation, paragraph breaks, quotation marks, and action beats
D
Indentation, paragraph breaks, quotation marks, and dialogue tags
4) What's wrong with this dialogue?
A
The dialogue is too short and dull
B
The dialogue tags should be omitted since they are unnecessary
C
The dialogue tags should be separated by commas instead of period
D
The dialogue tags should be lowercase after the quotation marks
5) What's wrong with this dialogue?
A
The dialogue tags should be omitted since they are unnecessary
B
The dialogue tags should be lowercase after the quotation marks
C
The dialogue tags should be after the quotation marks instead of before
D
The dialogue is too cliched and unrealistic
6) What are some examples of dialogue tags?
A
He said, she asked, they whispered, I shouted
B
He smiled, she nodded, they shrugged, I frowned.
C
He ran, she jumped, they danced, I sang.
D
He thought, she felt, they imagined, I dreamed
7) Which of the following dialogue examples is incorrect and why?
A
C) is incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a comma
B
A) is incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a comma.
C
B) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks, not a period.
D
D) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks.
Helpful Hint
Readers barely notice it when they read
8) Which dialogue tag should you primarily use?
A
said
B
replied
C
exclaimed
D
stated
9) Which of the following dialogue examples is incorrect and why?
A
B) is incorrect because there should be a question mark after the dialogue and before the quotation marks, not a comma.
B
C) is incorrect because there should be a question mark inside the quotation marks, not a comma.
C
A) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a question mark.
D
D) is incorrect because there should be quotation marks around the dialogue.
10) Which of the following dialogue examples is incorrect and why?
A
C) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks, not before.
B
B) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a period.
C
A) is incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a comma.
D
D) is incorrect because there should be a comma before the dialogue tag and after the adverbial phrase, not after.
11) Which of the following dialogue examples is incorrect and why?
A
A) is incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a comma.
B
C) is incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the quotation marks, not a comma.
C
D) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the gerund phrase and before the dialogue tag.
D
B) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks, not a period.
12) Which of the following dialogue examples is incorrect and why?
A
D) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the adverbial phrase and before the dialogue tag.
B
B) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks, not a period.
C
s incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the quotation marks, not a comma
D
A) is incorrect because there should be a period after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a comma
13) Which of the following dialogue examples is correct and why?
A
D) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks.
B
C) is correct because there is a comma after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, and the dialogue tag is lowercase.
C
B) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks, not a period.
D
A) is incorrect because there should be a comma after the dialogue and before the dialogue tag, not a period.
14) Which of the following dialogue examples is correct and why?
A
A) is correct because there is a question mark inside the quotation marks and a comma after the dialogue and before the tag
B
C) is correct because there is a comma outside the quotation marks.
C
D) is correct because there are no quotation marks around the dialogue.
D
B) is correct because there is a comma after the dialogue tag and before the quotation marks, not a period.
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