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quotation marks

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    Identify the correct sentence and explain why the other one is wrong.
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  • A. "Why are you eating that?" My sister asked. B. "Why are you eating that" My sister asked.
    B is incorrect because it is missing the question mark.
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  • A. "what are you doing?" she wondered. B. "What are you doing?" she wondered.
    A is incorrect because there is no capital at the beginning of the sentence.
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  • A. "That's great! My sister shouted."B. "That's great!" My sister shouted.
    A is wrong because the quotation mark is at the end.
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  • A. "Where is she" my mother wondered? B. "Where is she?" My mother wondered.
    A is incorrect because the question mark should be inside the quotation mark.
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  • A. "I love it," my sister whispered. B. "I love it" my sister whispered.
    B is incorrect because there is no punctuation inside the quotation mark.
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  • A. "Get out of here," my brother ordered B. "Get out of here," my brother ordered.
    A is wrong because there is no period at the end of the sentence.
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  • A. "I love cheese I said to my mom." B. "I love cheese," I said to my mom.
    A is incorrect because the quotation mark is in the wrong place.
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  • A. "that is a scary dog." B. "That is a scary dog."
    A is incorrect because it doesn't begin with a capital letter.
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  • A. "I love writing class games!" said everyone. B. "I love writing class games" said everyone!
    B is incorrect because the exclamation is in the wrong place.
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