Capitalization/Punctuation

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Declarative

Back

• a sentence that makes a statement.

• ex. Several students were studying for a test.

Front

• Interrogative

Back

a sentence that asks a question.

• ex. Why are they studying for a test?

Front

• Imperative

Back

• a sentence that gives a command.

• Has an understood you (You) for the subject.

• ex. Study for your test!

Front

• Exclamatory

Back

• a sentence that conveys strong emotion. 

• Can end with either a period or an exclamation mark.

• ex. You got 95% on your test!   You got 59% on your test.

Front

ALWAYS CAPITALIZE THE WORD “I.”

Back

• ex. I read a book while I waited for you.

Front

CAPITALIZE PROPER NOUNS

Back

• • Proper Nouns identify specific people, places, and things. People: Capitalize each part of a person’s full name, including initials.

• ex. Wilson Rawls

• ex. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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CAPITALIZE PROPER NOUNS

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• Places: Capitalize Geographical Names.

• ex. streets, towns & cities, counties

         states & provinces, nations, continents

         valleys & deserts, mountains, islands, scenic spots

         rivers & falls, lakes & bays, seas & oceans

         sections of a country are only capitalized when it refers to a 

         geographical location. It’s not capitalized when it refers to a

           direction.

         ex. A tropical storm recently passed by Southwest Florida.

         ex. Turn left and head south for three miles.

           

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CAPITALIZE PROPER NOUNS

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• Capitalize Titles of Things

• Capitalize the first word and all other important words in the titles of books, periodicals, poems, stories, plays, paintings, and other works of art.

• Articles (a, an, the), prepositions, or conjunctions should not be capitalized unless starting the title.

• ex. “The Wanderer”, “Effect of the Sun on the Water”

• Capitalize the title of a course when the course is a language, or when the course is followed by a number.

• ex. Spanish, history, History 101, algebra, Algebra I 

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CAPITALIZE PROPER NOUNS

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• Capitalize the Name of Specific Events and Periods of Time.

• ex. historical periods, historical events, documents

         days, months

         holidays, religious days 

         special events

•  Names of seasons are not capitalized unless they are part of a title        

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CAPITALIZE PROPER NOUNS

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• Capitalize the Names of Organizations, Government Bodies, Political Parties, Nationalities, as well as spoken Languages.

• ex. clubs, organizations, institutions, businesses

         government bodies, political parties

         nationalities

         languages