Starter quiz
- When a character speaks out loud in a text, what is it called?
- reported speech
- character speech
- dialogue
- direct speech ✓
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- Which part of the following sentence is the direct speech? '"I'm frightened" the little boy nervously told his mum.'
- I'm frightened ✓
- I'm
- frightened
- nervously told his mum
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- Which word instead of 'said' has been used in the following sentence? '"Don't worry" his mum replied kindly.'
- Don't
- worry
- replied ✓
- kindly
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- What are these " " punctuation marks called?
- apostrophes
- speech marks
- 66 and 99
- inverted commas ✓
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- Why are inverted commas useful?
- to signal the direct speech to the reader ✓
- to distract the reader with symbols
- to tell the reader the synonym for 'said' that the writer used
- to mark the end of a sentence
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- Which is the best explanation as to why direct speech can be useful to include in writing?
- Direct speech helps us understand less about a character's feelings & behaviour.
- Direct speech helps us understand how a character moves.
- Direct speech helps us understand where a story is set.
- Direct speech helps us understand more about a character's feelings & behaviour. ✓
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