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- 1. Comma Rule 5- Seperating Quotations Start Lesson
- 2. Comma Rule 5 Use a comma to separate a quotation from the rest of a sentence. Keep the comma outside the quotation marks if you have already introduced the speaker and are about to write their quote. Keep the comma inside of the quotation marks if you write their quote before you introduce them. I think i’ve got itI need an example
- 3. Examples 1. Samantha said, “Why don’t you guys come and hang out with us instead?” 2. “Never let anyone bring you down, ” my father said. 3. The boy stated, “I never thought I would like baseball but I do.” More help please!Now I get it!
- 4. Now that you’ve got it…Let’s practice… Directions: Click on the letter that represents your answer choice. Which of the following sentences uses Comma Rule 5 correctly? A. We need to go home,” James said. B. “We need to go home”, James said. A B
- 5. A little more help? The first situation that will call for a comma is when you are about to quote what someone said. For example… Samantha said, “Why don’t you guys come and hang out with us instead?” See how the comma comes before the quote? Make sure to keep the comma outside of the quotation marks. Next
- 6. The second situation that will call for a comma is when you are done quoting what someone said, but have not introduced them yet. For example… “Never let anyone bring you down, ” my father said. See how the comma comes after the quote? Make sure to keep the comma inside of the quotation marks. Time to practice
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- 9. Directions: Click on the letter that represents your answer choice. Which of the following sentences uses Comma Rule 5 correctly? A. Jane stopped and said “,we should get ice cream instead.” B. Jane stopped and said, “we should get ice cream instead.” BA
- 10. Directions: Click on the letter that represents your answer choice. Which of the following sentences uses Comma Rule 5 correctly? A. “Never give up,” my father told me. B. “Never give up”, my father told me. A B
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- 13. Directions: Click on the letter that represents your answer choice. Which of the following sentences uses Comma Rule 5 correctly? A. “Please come with us,” she said “it would mean so much to me.” B. “Please come with us,” she said, “it would mean so much to me.” A B
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