Speech marks
When you are writing, inverted commas or speech marks go before and after direct speech, surrounding what was said.
"I'm hungry," she complained.
If another character replies, use another set of inverted commas.
"What's for tea?" she asked. "Delicious ants!" her mum replied.
Punctuation, such as question marks, full stops and exclamation marks go inside the speech marks.
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