Question

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Answer 1

Answer:

B: "The whole thing is made out of gelatin!" they exclaimed.

Explanation:

The sentence in option B is punctuated correctly because what they exclaimed is in quotation marks and ends with an exclamation mark,  which, in this case is taking the place of a comma.  In a normal quotation, a comma should separate the words inside the quotation marks (including the comma) and the  rest of the sentence.

Answer 2

The correct answer should be the following sentence: “The whole thing is made out of gelatin!” they exclaimed.

Direct quotes should be enclosed in quotation marks. The context clue "exclaimed" gives us a hint that the sentence is in exclamatory.