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 Capitalization
Capitalization

Do I need a Or should that

capital letter remain
letter? lower case?
 This presentation
covers capitalizing
the first letter of
the first word of a
sentence, the
pronoun I , and
proper nouns.
A
A capitalization
capitalization item item on
on
an
an objective
objective test
test might
might
look
look like
like this
this ......
 Sample
Sample Item
Item

Wanda wouldn’t offer her little brother

brotheraa
A
Christmas cookie
cookiebecause
becausehe heate
ateall
allof
ofher
her
B
Halloween candy last october.
october..
October
C
October
IsOctober
Is brother
brother,,
A.Brother needs
needs
cookie
cookie
aa capital
capital
,, or
or
letter,
letter, which
which
B.Cookie october
october aa
option C
option C
problem?
problem?
C.October
October provides.
provides.
D.No change is necessary.
Capitalize
Capitalize the first letter
the first letter of
of
the first word
the first word of a sentence
of a sentence..

T
the
herotten
rottenpear
pearsat
satininaapuddle
puddleofofgoo
goo
on the kitchen counter.

Dude, formal
writing is not the
same as texting
your friend!
 Capitalize
Capitalize the pronoun I..
the pronoun

If that liar Darlene claims that she spent

the night studying, iIwill
willsay thati Isaw
saythat sawher
kissing
her Thomas
kissing at the
Thomas at movies.
the movies.

Don’t be lazy!
Capitalize those I ’s.
You deserve a
capital letter!
 Capitalize proper
Capitalize proper nouns
nouns..

On T
tuesday, September18,
uesday,september Elizabeth
18,elizabeth
cooked her first pot of squid eyeball stew.
stew.

Proper nouns include

the days of the week,
the months of the
year, and names.
 Other
Other Proper
Proper Nouns
Nouns
 Titles before  Nationalities
Names  Holidays
 Specific  Departments
Places  Historical
 Organizations Eras
 Companies  Regions of the
 Product Country
Names  Course
 Religions Names
 Languages  Titles of Works
 Titles
Titles Before
Before Names
Names

 Professor  the nursing

Stone professor
 Uncle Jerry  my uncle
 President  the president of
Obama our stamp
collecting club

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Specific
Specific Places
Places

 Tito’s Taco  the taco stand

Palace outside
 New York City  a city
 Gatorland  a theme park

Capitalize
these!
But use lower
case for these!
 Organizations
Organizations

 World Wildlife  an environmental

Fund group
 American Red  an emergency
Cross response agency
 Doctors  a medical
Without humanitarian
Borders organization
But use lower
Capitalize
case for these!
these!
 Companies
Companies

 Starbucks  a coffee house

Corporation  a soda supplier
 The Coca-  a computer
Cola Company manufacturer
 Apple Inc.

But use lower

Capitalize case for these!
these!
 Product
Product Names
Names

 Frappuccino  a frozen coffee

 Oreo  a cookie
 Power Mac  a computer

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Religions
Religions

 Buddhism  meditation
 Seventh Day practice
Adventists  vegetarians
 Druids  nature
worshippers

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Languages
Languages

 French fries  fried potatoes

 Russian boar  wild pigs
 Spanish moss  air plants

Capitalize
But use lower
these!
case for these!
 Nationalities
Nationalities

 Brazilians  summer tourists

 the French  wine
 ancient connoisseurs
Egyptians  pyramid builders

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Holidays
Holidays

 Thanksgiving  family dinner

 Halloween  costume party
 Fourth of July  fireworks show

Capitalize
But use lower
these!
case for these!
 Departments
Departments

 Division of Motor  driver’s license

Vehicles  firefighters
 Orlando Fire  tax collectors
Department
 Internal Revenue
Service

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Historical
Historical Eras
Eras

 Late  when dinosaurs

Cretaceous lived
 Old Kingdom  proliferation of
 the Great pyramids
Depression  poor economic
times

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Regions
Regions of
of the
the Country
Country

 the South  the south exit

 the Northeast  blowing from the
 the West northeast
 west of the mall

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Course
Course Names
Names

 Fundamentals  biology
of Biology  algebra
 Intermediate  literature
Algebra
 Contemporary
Literature

Capitalize But use lower

these! case for these!
 Titles
Titles of
of Works
Works

 Moby-Dick  a thick novel

 Aliens  the best movie
 Thriller ever made
 a dance album

Capitalize
But use lower
these!
case for these!
 Quick
Quick Test
Test

Directions: In the items that follow, choose

the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
“No change is necessary.”

Show me
what you
know.
 Item
Item 1
1
Byron likes spicy foods, so he chose the Asian
Asian
A
chicken wrap. Martha prefers bland dishes and

ordered a large
large basket
basket of
of french
frenchfries.
French fries.
fries.
B C

A.asian
B.Large
C.French
French
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 2
2

Janelle will take Fundamentals

FundamentalsofofBiology
Biologynext
next
A
semester; she hates Science
Science classes
science classes
classes but
but
but needs
needs
needs the
the
the
B
credits to transfer to a university.
university.
C

A.fundamentals of biology
B.science
science
C.University
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 3
3

My family prefers to cook a ham on holidays,

holidays,but
but
A
uncle Bart
uncle
Uncle Bart
Bartis
is
isaaavegetarian,
vegetarian
vegetarianso
,, so
somy
my
mymother
mother
motherprepares
prepares
prepares
B C
“tofurkey” for him.

A.Holidays
B.Uncle
Uncle
C.Vegetarian
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 4
4
Dai is vietnamese,
vietnamese,,but
Vietnamese but
butshe
she
shegrew
grew
grewup
up
upinin
inPuerto
Puerto
Puerto
A
Rico, where she attended cooking
cookingschool;
schoolnow
; now
B
she is the head chef at the Cuban
Cuban restaurant
restaurant onon
C
Orange Avenue.

A.
A.Vietnamese
Vietnamese
B.Cooking School
C.cuban
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 5
5
Turn left! We need to go west
west on
on Highway
Highway50;
50;
A B
otherwise, we will be heading toward

Daytona beach.
Daytona beach..
Beach
C

A.West
B.highway 50
C.Daytona
Daytona Beach
Beach
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 6
6

Katelyn used her last dollar to buy m&m

m&m candies;
M&M candies;
candies;
A
she would have enjoyed a Pepsi
Pepsi toto wash
wash them
them
B
down but the cafeteria
cafeteriaprices
priceswere
weretoo
tooexpensive.
expensive.
C

A.
A.M&M
M&M
B.pepsi
C.Cafeteria
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 7
7
Juan is taking a religion
religionclass
classthis
thissemester;
semester;hehe
A
likes the professor
professorandandthe
thereadings,
readings,butbuthe
hemost
most
B
enjoys the intoxicating perfume
perfumethatthatIsabella,
Isabella,his
his
C
tablemate, wears.

A.Religion
B.Professor
C.Perfume
D.No change
changeisisnecessary.
necessary.
 Item
Item 8
8
Patrick visited the police
policestation
stationtotosee
seeif ifsomeone
someone
A
had found Squeeze, his 9-foot albino python,
python,but but
B
officer Rodriguez
officer
Officer Rodriguez
Rodriguezsaid
said
saidthat
that
thatno
no
noreptiles
reptiles
reptileshad
had
hadbeenbeen
been
C
recently caught.

A.Police Station
B.Python
C.Officer
Officer
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 9
9
Jeffrey thought he would hate humanities,
humanities,but but
A
once Professor
ProfessorKimble
Kimblereached
reachedthetheItalian
Italian
B
renaissance, ,the
renaissance
Renaissance ,the
thebeautiful
beautiful
beautifulmarble
marble
marblenudes
nudes
nudesgot
got
got
C
Jeffrey’s attention.

A.Humanities
B.professor
C.Renaissance
Renaissance
D.No change is necessary.
 Item
Item 10
10
Niki is a practicing hindu,
hindu,,so
Hindu so
soshe
she
shewas
was
wasoffended
offended
offended
A
when Sean pulled into a McDonald’s
McDonald’sdrive-thru
drive-thru
B
to order a Big
Big Mac.
Mac.
C

A.
A.Hindu
Hindu
B.mcdonald’s
C.big mac
D.No change is necessary.
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end.
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