Which sentence needs quotation marks added to be correct? a. what are you talkin about, marcus?

A. What are you talking about, Marcus? Asked Shelby. Explanation: The correct way of writing the above sentence will be “What are you talking about, Marcus?” asked Shelby. As the sentence is based on a conversation, inverted commas should be used to open the sentence as well as close it. The rest of the options are indirect speeches while the first option is a direct speech. Thus, the punctuation.

“What are you talking about, Marcus?” asked Shelby. (i have also added the quotations)

The correct answer is choice A