Capitalization Rules

Capitalization Rules

Rule 1: Proper Nouns

• a NOUN is a person, place or thing

• SPECIFIC names need to be capitalized

• do NOT capitalize "the principal of the high school", but DO capitalize "Halifax County High School's Principal, Mr. Lewis"

Rule 1, Cont.

• LOTS of things are included in this rule

• Team names, places, holidays, historical events, etc.

• do NOT say "I love Basketball" but DO say "I am a fan of the Chicago Bulls"

Multiple Select

Which of these should be capitalized?

• the mountains

• the blue ridge mountains

• mount rushmore

Multiple Select

Which of these should be capitalized?

• smith mountain lake

• central park

• ocean

• australia

• continent

Rule 2: Always capitalize "I"

• You are a specific person, so when you refer to yourself, use a capital letter!

• "No matter what, I always try my best."

Rule 3

• Capitalize nationalities, races, and cultural groups

• Capitalize the names of religions and religious texts

Multiple Select

Which of these should be capitalized?

• jewish

• bible

• roman

• puerto rican

Rule 4

• Capitalize titles of books, movies, plays, etc. EXCEPT for words like "a, an, it"

• For example: "My brother and I went to see Black Panther. It was way better than Guardians of the Galaxy!"

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Multiple Select

Which words should be capitalized in the title gone with the wind?

• gone

• with

• the

• wind