Story: Finding the Way

Story: Finding the Way - Typing Practice Lesson

Short stories with dialogue in quotation marks

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Dialogue
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"Where is the map?" Nora asked, digging through her backpack. Her brother Eli shrugged. "I thought you had it." The trail split in two, and the sun was sinking behind the hills. Nora took a deep breath. "Okay. The lake was on our left when we started, so camp must be this way." Eli grinned. "That's why you're the leader."

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Speech starts and ends with quotation marks. The comma or period usually goes inside them.

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