This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Dialogue Usage – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dialogue Usage Quiz 1 (16 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is this sentence written correctly? The kids shouted, "I love ice cream!" A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 2. Which speaker tag makes the most sense? A) "How are you doing?" mumbled Karen. B) "How are you doing?" inquired Karen. C) "How are you doing?" screamed Karen. D) "How are you doing?" cried Karen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "How are you doing?" inquired Karen. 3. Which of the following examples shows dialogue with a speech tag? A) Rita mentioned that the pretzels were making her thirsty. B) "These pretzels are making me thirsty, " Rita said. C) RITA:These pretzels are making me thirsty. D) "These pretzels are making me thirsty.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "These pretzels are making me thirsty, " Rita said. 4. Is this sentence written correctly? Sarah said, "I love to laugh." A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 5. What is dialogue? A) A description of a person or character's appearance. B) A person's or character's exact words. C) A description of a person or character's thoughts. D) A summary of a person's or character's words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person's or character's exact words. 6. If you're writing prose that contains dialogue, when must you begin a new paragraph? A) Whenever a different character begins speaking. B) Before every speech tag. C) After every comma. D) At the end of every sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whenever a different character begins speaking. 7. Which of the following terms best describes how dialogue should sound? A) Authentic. B) Fantastic. C) Vulgar. D) Poetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Authentic. 8. Where would a comma need to be added to complete the following sentence:Tad Pole stated, "I went night fishing last weekend and I caught fifteen large-mouth bass." A) After fishing. B) After weekend. C) No comma is needed. D) Before fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After weekend. 9. When a new character begins speaking ..... A) Keep writing on the same line. B) Keep writing on the same line, but add new quotation marks. C) Start a new paragraph and indent. D) Start a new paragraph but don't indent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Start a new paragraph and indent. 10. Is this sentence written correctly? While in class today, Miracle said, "when will will go outside?" A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 11. Is this sentence written correctly? "The basketball game was great. We won by twenty points!" exclaimed Mark. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 12. Which of the following punctuation marks indicates that dialogue is occurring in a work of prose? A) &. B) #. C) "". D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "". 13. Which category of the writing rubric will judge the punctuation used in your dialogue? A) Focus and organization. B) Development. C) Language. D) Conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conventions. 14. When the speaker changes, always indent and start a new paragraph. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What might happen if prose writers did not include speech tags along with their dialogue? A) Readers would be confused over who's speaking. B) The dialogue would not represent the person or character's exact words. C) They'd have to use word balloons instead. D) Quotation marks would not be necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Readers would be confused over who's speaking. 16. Is this sentence written correctly? Jen said, "I love to debate." A) Correct. B) Wrong. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesClarity And Coherence QuizClarity In Writing QuizConcision In Writing QuizCreating Emphasis In Writing QuizDesign And Usage QuizDistinguishing Rhetoric QuizEffective Written Communication QuizFigurative Language Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books