Talking Marks Show Who Is Speaking

Use quotation marks to find the words a character says out loud.

Quotation marks look like little pairs of commas floating up high. They wrap around the exact words a character says. Read: 'Grandpa said, "Let's go fishing." ' The words inside the marks are what Grandpa spoke.

When you read them, try to sound like Grandpa talking. The words outside the marks, 'Grandpa said,' are the narrator telling you who is talking. Look for clue words like said, asked, yelled, or whispered. They tell you how to read the talking part.

'Whispered' means use a soft voice.

• 1Quotation marks hold the words a character says.
• 2Read talking parts like the character is speaking.
• 3Words like whispered or yelled tell you how to sound.