AnswersGA-GSE English Language Arts 11Capitalization, Punctuation, and SpellingQuestion 1
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Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

Question 1 • GA-GSE English Language Arts 11

Which quotation is punctuated correctly?

Answer
A
In all his years, Dr. Connors “never understood the power of creative thought”.
B
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a “beacon of hope in an otherwise bleak time”.
C
As the famous musician said “the harmonica is the instrument of poets.”
D
According to President Roosevelt, “The world was at the brink of war.”

Explanation

In American English, commas and periods go inside closing quotation marks. Choice D correctly places a comma before the quotation and the period inside the closing quotation mark. Choices A and B put the period outside the quotation marks, and C is missing a comma before the quoted words.

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