Question

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

“Help me” he screamed at the top of his lungs.
“Help me”! he screamed at the top of his lungs.
“Help me!” he screamed at the top of his lungs.
“Help me,” he screamed at the top of his lungs!

Answer 1

The correct answer is the third one. Here is for you the basic rules:

Rule 1. Use double quotation marks to set off a direct (word-for-word) quotation.

Correct: "I hope you will be here," he said.
Incorrect: He said that he "hoped I would be there." (The quotation marks are incorrect because hoped I would be there does not state the speaker's exact words.)

Rule 2a. Always capitalize the first word in a complete quotation, even midsentence.

Example: Lamarr said, "The case is far from over, and we will win."

Rule 2b. Do not capitalize quoted material that continues a sentence.

Example: Lamarr said that the case was "far from over" and that "we will win."

Answer 2

The correct sentence to choose would be the third. Quotation marks go on the "inside". Hope this helps!