Choose the option which correctly punctuates the sentence:
Be still, she said, "and let me help you climb back up."

Be still, she said, and let me help you climb back up.

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Solution

The correct option is C "Be still," she said, "and let me help you climb back up."
Quotation marks are used to indicate material that is being reproduced word for word. Thus, the correct answer should be Option C.
Option A is incorrect because the speech is not enclosed within quotation marks.
Option B is incorrect because quotation marks end when the direct speech ends and restart when the direct speech begins.
Option D does not include all of the direct speech within quotation marks.

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Choose the option which correctly punctuates the sentence:Be still, she said, "and let me help you climb back up."

Choose the option which correctly punctuates the sentence:
Be still, she said, "and let me help you climb back up."