Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?

A.

"What does forte mean? asked Phoebe."

B.

"In music," said Eileen, "tempo is the speed at which the music is performed."

C.

Felicity replied "that forte indicates the music should be played loudly."

D.
Is it possible "pondered Julia," for an orchestra to perform without a conductor?

Question

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
 
"What does forte mean? asked Phoebe."
   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
 
"In music," said Eileen, "tempo is the speed at which the music is performed."
   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
 
Felicity replied "that forte indicates the music should be played loudly."
   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  Is it possible "pondered Julia," for an orchestra to perform without a conductor?

nobodyssalvation · Answer

Quotation marks for speech need to be placed with a comma before the opening and closing quote, with the period or comma within the quotation marks depending on which is needed.  (Like this:  Text, " text,." )

So the only one which follows those comma rules is B.