Question

Select the punctuation from the drop-down menu to correctly complete this sentence.

Monique clutched the championship trophy and said "This one's for Karen!"

Options:
A ;
B :
C ,

Answer 1

c. , ... you would use commas when connecting and... 'Monique clutched the championship trophy and said, "this...

Answer 2

The answer is: C ,

When introducing a complete direct quote, and it is placed after reporting verbs such as said, wrote, or reported, a comma is placed in front of the opening quotation mark, leaving it outside the quotation mark as well.

Thus, the correct version of the sentence is the following:

Monique clutched the championship trophy and said, "This one's for Karen!"