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Copy an example sentence for each rule – from your book or from this slide show..
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RULE #1Capitalize the first word of a sentence
Pioneers pushed the American frontier westward.
Capitalizing sentences, quotations, and letter parts
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RULE #2Capitalize the first word of a direct quotation that is a complete sentence.
Tyrone said, “The pioneers acted very bravely.”
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Rule #3Capitalize a title or an
abbreviation of a title when it comes before a person’s name or
when it is used instead of a name.General Lee Sen. John Glenn
Mrs. Adams
Did Lieutenant Clark say, “Yes, Captain, I’ll go with you.”?
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Rule #3 continuedDo not capitalize a title that follows a person’s name or is
used as a common noun.Clark himself was later promoted to
captain.
Thomas Jefferson, then president, planned the expedition.
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Rule #4Capitalize words that show family relationships when used as titles or as substitutes for a person’s
name.In 1960 Father retraced the steps of
Lewis and Clark.
He was accompanied by Uncle Bill
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Rule #4 continued
Do not capitalize words that show family relationships when they
follow a possessive noun or pronoun.
My aunt wrote an article about the trip.
Possessive Pronoun
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RULE #5Capitalize the first word in the
salutation and closing of a letter. Capitalize the title and name of
the person addressed.
Dear Mrs. Johnson,
Dear friend,
Yours truly, Sincerely,
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Capitalize the names of cities, counties, states
countries, and continents.
Capitalizing place names
rule #6
Houston Orange County
Iowa Japan
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Capitalize the names of bodies of water and
geographical features.
Capitalizing place names
rule #6 continued
Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Mexico
Niagara Falls Atlantic Ocean
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Capitalizing other proper nouns and adjectives
Rule #7Capitalize the names of clubs, organizations, businesses, institutions, and political parties.
Data Corporation
Boy Scouts
Republican party
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RULE #8When a quoted sentence is interrupted by explanatory words, such as she said, do not begin the second part of the sentence with a capital
letter.“They left their homes,” said Lee, “so they could improve their
lives.”
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RULE #8 continuedWhen the second part of a
quotation is a new sentence, put a period after the interrupting
expression, and begin the second part of the quotation with a
capital letter.“Many pioneers went west for the rich farmland,” said Maria.
“They also wanted to build new homes.”
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RULE #9Do not capitalize an indirect
quotation. An indirect quotation does not repeat a person’s exact
words, and does not appear in quotation marks. It is often introduced by the word that.
Tanya read that many pioneers traveled in Conestoga wagons.
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Capitalizing people’s names and titles
Rule #10Capitalize the names of people and the initials that stand for
their names.Meriwether Lewis
Susan B. Anthony
J. F. Cooper
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Rule #11Capitalize the names and abbreviations of academic
degrees that follow a person’s name. Capitalize Jr. and Sr.
M. Katayama, M.D.
Jan Rangel, Ph.D.
Robert Ayers Jr.
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Rule #12
Always capitalize the pronoun I.
Social studies is the subject I like.
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Capitalize the names of sections of the country.
Capitalizing place names
rule #13
Midwest New England
the Far West
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Capitalize compass points when they refer to a specific section of
the country.
Capitalizing place names
rule #14
the West Coast the North
the Southeast
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Do not capitalize compass points when they indicate
direction. Los Angeles is south of San
Francisco.
Do not capitalize adjectives derived from words indicating
direction.
easterly wind western Texas
Capitalizing place names
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Capitalize the names of streets and highways.
Monroe Street Route 66Mercury Boulevard
Candy Avenue
Capitalizing place names
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Capitalize the names of buildings, bridges, and
monuments.
Chrysler Building Brooklyn Bridge
Washington Monument
Capitalizing place names
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Capitalize the names of celestial bodies.
Pluto North Star
the Milky Way
Capitalizing place names
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Rule #15Capitalize brand names but not the nouns following them.
Cruncho peanut butter
Spiffy cleaning fluid
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Rule #16Capitalize the names of important historical events, periods of time, and documents Battle of Yorktown
Bronze Age
Bill of Rights
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Rule #17Capitalize names of days of the week, months of the year, and holidays. Do not capitalize names of the seasons. Thursday
April
Memorial Day
summer
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Rule #18Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in the title of a book, play, short story, poem, essay, article, film television series, song, magazine, newspaper, and chapter of a book.
A Wrinkle in Time
“The Raven”
Washington Post
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Rule #19Capitalize the names of ethnic groups, nationalities, and languages.
Asian
German
Spanish
English
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Rule #20Capitalize proper adjectives that are formed from the names of ethnic groups and nationalities.
Asian languages
Italian food
English authors