Adventure Story Direct Speech Punctuation
Learn how to punctuate direct speech in adventure stories to engage readers effectively. Discover the rules for using inverted commas, capitalization, punctuation marks, and paragraphing when incorporating direct speech in your writing.
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Todays English lesson: Monday, 23rdMarch, 2020 I can continue my adventure story and include direct speech which is correctly punctuated.
Remember, we use direct speech in our adventure stories to move the story forward. Do not overuse direct speech: it becomes confusing and boring for the reader. Read the next slides to revise the rules for punctuating direct speech.
Inverted commas hug the spoken words. Inverted commas hug the spoken words. Help! yelled Pablo. He was in extreme danger and knew he wouldn t survive in the nest of venomous snakes for long. Without hesitation, Indiana fled in the direction of the cries with his bullwhip at the ready. Don t move! commanded Indiana as he watched Pablo thrash around. This was only making the snakes angry and increasing the level of danger he was in.
The first word inside inverted commas is The first word inside inverted commas is always with a capital letter. always with a capital letter. Indiana looked around in awe as he entered the sacred cenote. Such beauty I have never seen before, he whispered to himself. The crystal clear, aqua marine colours of the deep water shimmered with the rays of light entering from above.
If direct speech ends before the sentence ends, you If direct speech ends before the sentence ends, you need a comma, exclamation or question mark need a comma, exclamation or question mark before you close the inverted commas. before you close the inverted commas. Throw me the idol! instructed Juan. How will we escape the colony of vampire bats? asked Pedro with a sense of hopelessness. Whatever happens, don t let them sense your fear or you will not survive, warned Indiana.
If you have a change of character speaking, you must begin a new paragraph on a new line. Indiana was becoming impatient with Pablo. Now is not the time to be clumsy, he said between gritted teeth. Sorry Senor, came Pablo s reply yet as much as he apologised, nothing seemed to change: he continued to make mistakes. Mistakes which could cost them their lives.
Now, look back at your plan. Where do your characters journey to next and what dangers will await them in today s part of the adventure? You need to show some direct speech in today s writing (but not too much) and it must all be correctly punctuated. Let s write!
