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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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made me think of måneskin, not gonna lie. lol

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Did you know, “Kween” totally has grounds as slang!? Adnwkfsnef, i am now spelling it as “Cwene” from here on out and schooling anyone on the old English origins.

Find it pretty awesome the timing being right on time for pride! <3  Have a happy, and safe pride!!! <3

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It’s vs Its

“It’s” is a contraction; whereas “its” with no apostrophe is the possessive form, showing what the subject is connected to.

“it’s” ex: “It's been one week since you looked at me”

from the song “one week”, shows, It has been one week since this person, who's the subject of the song, has looked at the singer. (simply put, this is an example of “it’s” when “it’s” isn’t “it is” but rather “it has”. So remember “it’s” isn’t just “it is” but it’s is also “it has”.

“its” ex: “The dog, with its weak walk, due to its age, made its way to greet Boris.”

Unintentionally, this example is riddled with the form of “its” that shows clearly, we keep referring to the subject, and the attributes, as well as the actions of it.

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Semicolons... what even are they?

https://curvebreakerstestprep.com/semicolon-use-definition-examples/

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Punctuating pop quiz

Punctuate the different elements of the lists by putting commas in the right places.

Francis received a fruit basket brimming with mangoes pears and apricots.

A - Francis received a fruit basket brimming with mangoes, pears, and apricots.

B - Francis received a fruit basket brimming with mangoes pears, and apricots.

C - Francis received a fruit basket brimming, with mangoes, pears, and apricots.

In the winter, Richard had to wear a sweater a jacket a scarf a hat gloves and snow boots.

A - In the winter, Richard had to, wear a sweater a jacket a scarf a hat gloves and snow boots.

B - In the winter, Richard, had to wear, a sweater, a jacket, a scarf, a hat, gloves and snow boots.

C - In the winter, Richard had to wear a sweater, a jacket, a scarf, a hat, gloves, and snow boots.

For his birthday, Andy wanted jelly beans tubs to store them in and the time to sort them all by color.

A - For his birthday, Andy wanted jelly, beans, tubs to store them in and the time to sort them all by color.

B - For his birthday, Andy wanted jelly beans, tubs to store them in, and the time to sort them all by color.

C - For his birthday, Andy wanted jelly, beans, tubs to store them in and, the time to sort them all by color.

Henry’s workout routine involves lots of walking pull-ups crunches and jumping jacks.

A - Henry’s workout routine involves lots, of walking, pull-ups crunches and jumping jacks.

B - Henry’s workout routine, involves, lots of walking, pull-ups crunches and jumping jacks.

C - Henry’s workout routine involves lots of walking, pull-ups, crunches, and jumping jacks.

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Quiz to go along with it <3

Choose the conjunction that fits best in these sentences.

Sergey Razumovsky wanted justice ______ he knew how far he would go for it. (Only he didn’t know, he wasn’t alone. And that something inside him was willing to go as far as necessary.)  Choose 1 answer: A) or B) but C) yet

Grom had caught Sergey Razumovsky,______ without sufficient proof, he had to release him. Choose 1 answer: A) or B) nor C) yet

We expected to see Bunnys body at the bottom of the cliff; _____, once we’d reached the bottom, he was gone!

Choose 1 answer:

A) and

B) yet

C) or

Sergey wanted to be better, ______ he got help.

Choose 1 answer:

A) and

B) yet

C) so

Henry loved being in nature, ______ he walked a bit outside every day.

Choose 1 answer:

A) so

B) but

C) yet

Richard didn’t want to go grocery shopping, ______ did he want to buy take away. (So, he went calling around to the others to see who might take him in for Dinner.)

Choose 1 answer:

A) or

B) nor

C) so

Conjunctions

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Conjunctions

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Common Prepositions

Choose the preposition that makes the most sense in this sentence.

Herny was walking ______ Richard. 1) with 2) at 3) of

Choose the preposition that makes the most sense in this sentence.

The snake that Hobi is afraid of is ______ the floor. 1) of 2) on 3) to

Choose the preposition that makes the most sense in this sentence.

Tom Ripley carried the body ______ many flights of stairs. 1) in 2) down 3) of

Choose the preposition that makes the most sense in this sentence.

 Tom Ripley got a letter ______ Marge Duval in jail. 1) from 2) with 3) down

(Pertaining to #3: If you’ve never seen this movie you really should. he gives me Henry Winter energy. And really the entire movie feels a bit like some fanfic/au of TSH tbh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Noon You can find the movie free with english subs on youtube <3) 

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Untill vs Till vs Til’

https://grammar.collinsdictionary.com/us/english-usage/what-is-the-difference-between-until-and-till

Let me know if you’d like some further examples than the ones provided. But i thought i’d share this. 

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for all my they/them’s out there

if you need to break it down to these mfers, this should help! <3

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/parts-of-speech-the-pronoun/indefinite-pronouns-pronoun-vagueness-and-emphatic-pronouns/v/singular-they

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Random Verb Work Pop Quiz (with 20 fun questions)

Choose the perfect form of the verb!

In his native country, Boris’ father______ a fugitive for murder. options: was being, had been, was.

Is the bold verb or verb phrase in the simple, progressive, or perfect aspect?

I had just checked us into the hotel when Bunny told me it was lame.

Choose the perfect form of the verb!

I ______ only a mango that morning. options: ate, had eaten, was eating.

Is the bold verb or verb phrase in the simple, progressive, or perfect aspect?

The detectives should have arrived by now!

Choose the perfect form of the verb!

They ______ back into the house after cleaning up the murder. options: crept, had crept, were creeping.

Choose the perfect form of the verb!

Henry ______ all his options. options: was exhausting, had exhausted, exhausted.

Is the bold verb or verb phrase in the simple, progressive, or perfect aspect?

By this time tomorrow, they will have landed in another country.

Is the bold verb or verb phrase in the simple, progressive, or perfect aspect?

Henry had not comprehended the gravity of his choices until we were about to end up in jail.

Choose the progressive perfect form of the verb!

The shipwrecked Captains, Black Beard and Steve Bonnet ________ on that island for decades. options: were living, had been living, lived.

Choose the progressive perfect form of the verb!

Vanessa Ives ________ fragments of ancient pottery in a abandoned library for the past two years. options: had found, was finding, has been finding.

Choose the progressive perfect form of the verb!

“I ______ from my past for too long,” Henry whispered, mysteriously. options: was running, have been running, ran.

Choose the form of the verb that best matches the time frame of the sentence.

Henry was so ______ in his work that he didn’t notice that the lights had gone off. options: engaging, engaged, engage, engages.

In the sentence below, what is the bold modal verb being used to do?

“I must go to bed at 9 if I'm to be expected to get up at 4. Unlike Henry, I need my sleep” Francis said. 1) Must expresses permission 2) Must expresses a requirement 

Choose the verb tense that makes the most sense.

Herny ______ for the hotel room. options: payed, paid, pay.

Choose the verb tense that makes the most sense.

Henry gathered his courage and ______ off the cliff. options: will jump, jumps, jumped.

Choose the simple form of the missing verb.

Francis ______ the purchase of a new car. options: has pondered, is pondering, ponders.

Choose the progressive perfect form of the verb!

They ______ for ages. options: chat, had chat, have been chatting.

Choose the progressive form of the verb [in brackets].

My neighborhood [to change]. options: had changed, changed, was changing.

Which word in this sentence is a verb?

Henry found a new fern.

Choose 1 answer: Henry / Found / A / New / Fern

Is the bolded word an action, linking, or helping verb?

That new action movie is playing at the theater each night this week.

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just me?

anyone else in TGF/TSH fandom find it such a hoot that Donna’s lil Catholic/Christian books in disguise (great work btw, really i agree with her that religious (influenced) works don’t have to have religion overtly in them to keep the effects) is just ATE UP by the lgbtqia+ community? like LOVE that. I bet a fair deal of yall are just learning of this fact and are on your way to google rn. if so, happy digging. do come back and give us a comment pls lol

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Irregular Verb (The Secret History addition) pop quiz

Choose the verb form that makes the most sense.:

Richard can always clearly recall the first time he ______ them.

options: see, seen, saw.

I’m sure, he ______ things would turn out very different when he started college.

options: thinks, thought, think.

Henry actually did it, He ______ at the funeral.

options: speaked, spoke, speaks.

We ______ the perfect spot for our Bacchanalia.

options: chose, chosen, choose.

Bunny ______ he shouldn’t have touched Henrys things, but he couldn't resist.

options: knowed, knew, known.

As they ran through the woods, Camila ______ tightly to someone’s hand.

options: holded, held, hold.

Even though it was snowing, I ______ warm.

options: feeled, felt, felted.

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just a bit of verb fun

Is the bolded word an action, linking, or helping verb? (Answers in tags. I used abbreviations for answer key.) 

1. Bunny appears to be dead.

2. His body fell with a thud.

3. Boris is explaining why he stole the painting. (Theo’s live reaction: 😤)