Capitalization of Titles & Proper Nouns

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My favorite harry potter book is harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban.

• Harry Potter; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• Harry Potter; "Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban"

• Harry Potter; Harry potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban

• Harry Potter; Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban

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My best friend, kiera, thinks that inception is the best movie ever made.

• friend; Kiera; Inception

• Friend; Kiera; "Inception"

• friend; kiera; inception

• Friend; Kiera; "inception"

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Did you finish watching the poem complainers by rudy francisco?

• "Complainers"; Rudy Francisco

• Complainers; "Rudy Francisco"

• "complainers"; Rudy Francisco

• complainers; Rudy Francisco

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Rule 2. Which word(s) should not be capitalized in the title of the book? "The Cat And The Hat."

• Hat

• The (beginning of title)

• Cat

• And The

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Which words should be capitalized in the sentence? (More than one.) The teacher said, "my favorite book is 'the giving tree'."

• My

• Favorite

• The

• Giving

• Tree

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Do you capitalize names of authors and book titles?

• Capitalize the first, last and any important words in a title
• As you have probably noticed "short" words, those with less than five letters, are generally lowercase in titles, unless they are the first or last words in a title.
• Author’s names are always capitalized.
• All answer choices are correct.

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Do you capitalize the names of planets?

• Yes, but only Earth because we live here.
• No, never capitalize planets.
• Yes, because they are proper nouns.
• Yes, but only if they are part of a book title.

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Do you capitalize any of these museum names?

• The Acropolis Museum
• The British Museum
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Yes...all museum names are capitalized.

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Choose the sentence with correct capitalization.

• The singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his song "imagine."

• The singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his song "Imagine."

• the singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his song "imagine."

• The singer and composer John Lennon is often remembered for his Song "Imagine."

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i want to go to the grand canyon in december.

• i want to go to the Grand canyon in december.
• I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.
• I want to go to the grand canyon in december.
• i want to go to the grand canyon in December.

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