Capitalization

When should a word be capitalized?

• Beginning of Sentence
• Important Words in a Title
• Proper Nouns
• All of these 

Which is NOT a proper noun, so it should NOT be capitalized?

• Camp
• Disney World
• Canada
• South Carolina

We capitalize 'i'  when....

• Never
• It is in the beginning of a sentence
• It is by itself 
• Every time it is used in any word

What capitalization rule tells us that President should be capitalized in the sentence below?
This November, President Obama will leave the White House, and the American people will elect a new president - I wonder who it will be.

• Proper Nouns
• Proper Adjective
• Title before a name
• The pronoun I

True or False: It is necessary to capitalize titles of books, magazines, poems, songs, etc.

• False; it is never necessary.
• True; it is sometimes necessary.
• False; it is sometimes necessary.
• True; it is always necessary

YMCA, Mrs., Dr., BTW, CMS, and U.S.A need to be capitalized because ...

• They are proper nouns.
• They are abbreviations or initials.
• They are proper adjectives.
• They are the title before a name.

Which sentence is capitalized correctly?

• The Puritans came to America to establish new settlements.

• The puritans came to America to establish New Settlements.

Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization.

• A Shining Season was written by William J. Buchanan

• A Shining Season was written by William j. Buchanan

Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization

• The titanic was a Ship that sank after hitting an ice burg.

• The Titanic was a ship that sank after hitting an ice burg.

Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization.

• I would love to see the alaskan Wilderness.

• I would love to see the Alaskan wilderness.