Transcript Capitalization

Capitalization
How many
rules do I have
to remember??
Rules and Examples
Capitalize the first
word of a sentence
 Capitalize the first
word of a direct
quotation
 Capitalize all
important words in
the titles of books,
poems, songs, and
stories
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Language arts is
exciting!
 The class shouted,
“We love grammar!”
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Lord of the Rings
Escape to Thunder
Mountain
More Rules and Examples
Capitalize people’s
names and initals
 Capitalize titles and
abbreviations of titles
 Capitalize heads of
state, royalty, or
nobility when used
before a person’s
name
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Martin Luther King Jr.
C.S. Lewis
Dr. Stevens
Professor Winston
The Queen of
England
The President of the
United States
Even More Rules and Examples
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Capitalize titles indicating
family relationships only
when they are used as
part of the name
Capitalize the pronoun I
Capitalize the names of
religions, sacred days &
writings
Capitalize names of
nationalities, languages,
races, and ethnic groups
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Uncle John
Grandma Mary
Bible
Christmas
Native American
African American
Still More Rules and Examples!
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Capitalize geographical
names
Capitalize names of
planets
Capitalize directions when
they name specific
regions
Capitalize names of
specific buildings and
places
Capitalize names of
specific airplanes, ships,
etc.
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Hawaiian Islands
Rocky Mountains
Mars
North America
We drove west to
California
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Lake Erie
Titanic
The Flyer
One more slide of Rules and
Examples…I promise!
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Capitalize names of
organizations and
companies
Capitalize historical
events and periods
Capitalize months, days,
and holidays
Capitalize names of
specific events and
awards
Capitalize brand names
Edgewood Middle School
 United Way
 Civil War
 The Battle of Gettysburg
 Tuesday, September 4
 New Years
 Nobel Peace Prize
 Medal of Honor
 Captain Crunch cereal
 Smith’s milk
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Let’s make this easier…
REMEMBER: that words are capitalized if
they are SPECIFIC persons, places, or
things, or if they are important in a
TITLE.
 Of course, all sentences begin with a
capital letter!
 Proper nouns and proper adjectives
are always capitalized.
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SPECIFIC people: Eleanor Roosevelt
SPECIFIC organizations: Booster Club
SPECIFIC places: Boston, Massachusetts
SPECIFIC buildings: Acres of Fun
SPECIFIC regions: Florida is in the South.
SPECIFIC groups: Republicans
SPECIFIC titles: Captain Hook; Dr. Brown
SPECIFIC family name: The cake belongs to
Dad. (The cake belongs to my dad.)
Remember those 3 simple rules and
you’ll be fine!
Now that you’re all
professionals it’s
time to show me
what you know!