Answer:
The answer is indeed the last option <u>shouted, "Great</u>
Explanation:
The sentence we are punctuating here is using direct speech to let us know what a person, possibly a character, said. When we use direct speech, we use the character's own words. To make that clear, we must separate our words - the narrator's words - from the character's by employing a comma, immediately followed by quotation marks. Study the example below:
Lucas stated, "I will never allow this to happen to you again."
As we can see, right after the verb that indicates the action of saying something, we place the comma to separate the narrator's and the character's words. Then we use the quotation marks to enclose what the character said. Following that logic, the best way to punctuate the sentence in the question is:
Maria <u>shouted, "Great</u> job, everyone!"
