Starter quiz
- What is a character?
- a person or animal in a story ✓
- what happens in a story
- where a story happens
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- What is a plot?
- a person or animal in a story
- what happens in a story ✓
- where a story happens
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- Which group is an example of three different punctuation marks?
- comma, full stop, question mark ✓
- letter, sound, grapheme
- noisy, gentle, kind
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- What does a full stop do?
- tells you when a sentence starts
- tells you when someone is asking a question
- tells you when a sentence ends ✓
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- Which of these could be the title of a story?
- How To Make Pancakes: A Step-By-Step Guide
- Looking After Dogs: Instructions For Kind Carers
- A Terrifying Nightmare ✓
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- Which of these are synonyms (words that mean the same) for the word 'said'?
- muttered ✓
- replied ✓
- angrily
- bravely
- with a smile
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Exit quiz
- What is the term for a character speaking out loud in a text?
- spoken speech
- direct speech ✓
- reported speech
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- Which bit of this sentence is the direct speech? What's the matter she asked kindly.
- she asked
- she asked kindly
- What's the
- What's the matter ✓
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- What is the first word of this direct speech? "Please don't hurt me" Jerry begged urgently.
- please ✓
- don't
- hurt
- me
- begged
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- Which of these punctuation marks are inverted commas?
- '
- " " ✓
- ?
- !
- .
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- What does 'signal' mean?
- to show or draw attention to ✓
- to complete
- to distract
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- What can we learn about a character in a story from what they say?
- how they see, taste, touch and hear
- how they dress, do their hair, walk and dance
- how they eat, drink, exercise and sleep
- how they feel, behave, speak and react ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writers can use speech sentences to show a character speaking in a text.
- If a character speaks, the writer must signal this with specific punctuation.
- Inverted commas are the punctuation marks that signal direct speech to the reader.
- Direct speech is the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text.
- Direct speech helps us learn more about characters in a text.
Common misconception
Pupils may use the informal term 'speech marks'.
'speech marks' is a term that signals the same thing as 'inverted commas' i.e. the dialogue in a sentence, but it is better to use the grammatical term 'inverted commas'.
Keywords
Direct speech - the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text
Inverted commas - a pair of punctuation marks that signal direct speech to the reader
Signal - show or direct attention to
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