The answer to this question depends on what punctuation we're talking about. The little guys (commas and periods) go inside the quotation marks. The big fellows (semi-colons and colons) go outside the quotation marks. At least, that is the general rule. But if you have in-text citation involved at the end of a quote, you kick the period outside the quote and place it after the in-text citation parentheses. Here are a few examples:
A survey of local Dads reported that "nine out of ten will overprotect their daughters" (Brown 23).
Not surprisingly, last Friday night my dad said, "You have to be home by eleven."
"I don't want to come home that early," I replied.
He was worried that I was going out with "the wrong sort of fellow," but I trusted Jason completely.
Dad told me, "I am going to wait up"; however, the lights were out when I got home.
I kidded Dad the next morning that he was "one out of ten": He was the type of dad who would rather get some sleep than keep track of his teenager.
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