1. Ellie sighed as she petted her cat. "I can't believe this storm," she said. "We should be surfing, and we're stuck on the couch!"

2. "We'll just have to figure out something else to do." said Sam.

3. "I've got it!" shouted Ellie. "If we leave now, we can see the new surf film at noon then hit the surf museum and look at old surfboards."

4. "You're pretty smart for a little sister," said Sam. "I'll ask mom if we can borrow the car!"

Which paragraph features dialogue that is incorrectly punctuated?

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Barnes

5 May, 02:28

1. Ellie sighed as she petted her cat. "I can't believe this storm," she said. "We should be surfing, and we're stuck on the couch!"

2. "We'll just have to figure out something else to do." said Sam.

3. "I've got it!" shouted Ellie. "If we leave now, we can see the new surf film at noon then hit the surf museum and look at old surfboards."

4. "You're pretty smart for a little sister," said Sam. "I'll ask mom if we can borrow the car!"

Which paragraph features dialogue that is incorrectly punctuated?

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Helena Farrell · Answer 1

The correct answer is 2. "We'll just have to figure out something else to do." said Sam

Explanation:

In literature, it is common dialogues are marked using quotation marks ("); in this case, the appropriate is to enclose the exact words of the character in quotation marks and add a punctuation mark if needed before the enclosing quotation mark. Besides this, a period should not be placed at the end of a quotation, except if the author does not add any information, and therefore a new sentence begins.

In the case of paragraph 2, there is a mistake in the punctuation of dialogues because a period is included before the closing quotation mark, despite new information is added and the sentence has not ended. Therefore, the correct would be to place a comma to add this detail as "We'll just have to figure out something else to do," said Sam.