Question

An official from the Department of Transportation stated, "Twenty-five percent of traffic-violation tickets that are issued by police officers are given to drivers who demonstrate excessive speed while going through a yellow traffic light just as it turns red."
A.Summary

B.Quotation

C.Informative

D.Paraphrase​

Answer 1

Answer: Quotation

Explanation:

A quotation simply means to repeat the sentence or statement from what someone else wrote or said. Quotations are also used when writing research papers to quote a particular source. The statements being quoted are typically marked with quotation marks.

In the case above, the person is quoting what was said by the official from the Department of Transportation.