Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated? [John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."]right answer ... John announced "The library is closing in five minutes" John announced The library is closing in five minutes." John announced "The library is closing in five minutes."

The correct answer is John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."

Explanation:

In this sentence, all the punctuation marks are properly used. First of all, the name starts with a capital letter; to introduce the quotation, it is necessary to include the quotation marks at the beginning and at the end; the comma is correctly located as well as the final dot inside the quotation marks.

First. John announced, "The library is closing in five minutes."