Capitalization Review

Which of these words should be capitalized? last week, while my sister was raiding the refrigerator late at night, my mother came downstairs and said “oh I thought you were a burglar!”

• last

• mother

• oh

Which of these words should be capitalized? in a famous speech John F. Kennedy said that people should ask what they can do for their country.

• in

• people

• country

Which of these words should be capitalized? people living in the extreme north of Chile wouldn’t know what to do if it ever rained. (they live in the driest desert in the world.)

• people

• north

• they

Which of these words should be capitalized? my best friend hates urban life (he grew up in a small town) and said last week that big cities are nothing more than a necessary evil.

• my

• he

• big

Which of these words should be capitalized? when Dorothy Parker (an American poet and short-story writer) was told that the quiet, stern president had died, she asked, “how could they tell?”

• when

• an

• how

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• In an essay on writing, William Zinsser said, “Clutter is the disease of American writing.”

• In an essay on writing, William Zinsser said, “clutter is the disease of American writing.”

• In an essay on writing, William Zinsser said, “clutter is the disease of american writing.”

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• He also said that to be clear writers, we must “Clear our heads of clutter.”

• He also said that to be clear writers, we must “clear our heads of clutter.”

• He also said that to be clear Writers, we must “Clear our heads of clutter.”

Tags

CCSS.W.8.5

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• He noted that Many people think simple sentences are wrong and then stated, “the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.”

• He noted that many people think simple sentences are wrong and then stated, “the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.”

• He noted that many people think simple sentences are wrong and then stated, “The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.”

• He noted that Many people think simple sentences are wrong and then stated, “The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components.”

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• He said that his students (he is also an educator) look stricken when he asks them to cut out unnecessary words.

• He said that his students (He is also an educator) look stricken when he asks them to cut out unnecessary words.

• He said that his Students (he is also an Educator) look stricken when he asks them to cut out unnecessary words.

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• We were looking forward to our class trip to washington, d.c.

• We were looking forward to our class trip to Washington, D.C.

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CCSS.L.8.2C