Question

Which of the following excerpts is structured correctly? (5 points) Select one: a. "She wants to go outside . . . and walk the dog." Jesse said. b. "She wants to go outside," said Jesse. "And walk the dog." c. "She wants to go outside," Jesse said, "and walk the dog." d. Jesse said "she wants to go outside, and walk the dog."

Answer 1

C is most likely the right answer :)

Answer 2

The correct answer is option C: "She wants to go outside," Jesse said, "and walk the dog."

The reasons why C is the right option are the following:

• It follows the punctuation rules for dialogues.

1. There must be a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote such the comma after "She wants to go outside". In this case, the dialogue tag is "Jesse said".
2. Another rule that is followed by option C is that is that periods and commas fall within closing quotations. In this case, the comma after "outside" and the period after "dog" fall within closing quotations.

• Capitalization in option C is also correct. The word "and", for example, should not be capitalized as it is in option B because it is part of the same sentence.