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CAHSEE ELA Writing Section: Punctuation Drill 5, Problem 5. What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?

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English Language

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Writing Conventions / Clauses/Phrases/Punctuation

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Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on your exam...
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What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?
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"Wait," he said. "Has anyone seen my keys"?
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And here are the potential answers:
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So... what is this question asking?

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It's all about placement: where do those inch marks go?
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Uh... those are actually quotation marks. Thanks for playing.
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Some befuddled individual has misplaced his keys and is asking where they might be...
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and everything he asks should be inside of the quotation marks.
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The question mark is part of what's being asked. So it really doesn't belong on the
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outside of the quotation marks.
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See how the comma after "wait" is inside the first set of quotation marks? Yep. Just
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like that.
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The answer is B.
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As in, "Befuddled."
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