Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a. "boy," darren replied, "you weren't kidding."
b. fred asked, "do you have an extra pencil, adam? "
c. "where have you been? " ronald asked.
d. "i visit my grandmother at the nursing home," said juanita, "at least once a week."

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

i believe it is the first option, having taken lessons