speech marks
noun /ˈspiːtʃ mɑːks/
  /ˈspiːtʃ mɑːrks/
(also quotation marks)
 (British English also inverted commas)
 [plural]- a pair of marks (‘  ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way
- The author's punctuation goes outside the speech marks.