Direct speech: Varying punctuation and dialogue tags

English

Which of the following is NOT a dialogue tag?

If the dialogue tag is positioned at the start of a sentence, you should give your pronoun a capital letter.

If the dialogue tag is positioned at the end of a sentence, you should give your pronoun a capital letter.

Which of the following sentences has been punctuated correctly?

Which of the following dialogue tags best conveys the character's anger?

Arkell said “You should boil the pasta like this.”

Arkell said, “you should boil the pasta like this.”

Arkell said, “You should boil the pasta like this.”

Arkell said, “You should boil the pasta like this”

Arkell said, “You should boil the pasta like this”.

Ellie said “Stop playing that awful song"

Ellie said “Stop playing that awful song".

Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song."

Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song”

Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song”.

Shaquille said "Tennis practice has been cancelled."

Shaquille said "tennis practice has been cancelled"

Shaquille said “Tennis practice has been cancelled".

Shaquille said, “Tennis practice has been cancelled.”

Shaquille said, “Tennis practice has been cancelled"

Arkell said that pasta should be boiled a certain way.

Indirect speech contains the exact words used by the character/speaker.