Title Capitalization

Which of the following should be capitalized? (select all that apply)

• people's titles

• articles (a, an, the)

• coordinating conjunctions

• the first word of a quotation

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Bob and i went to the store to get some orange juice.

• Change i to I

• Change orange to Orange

• Change Bob to bob

• Change juice to Juice

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Which name is capitalized correctly?

• Joan of Arc

• King arthur

• King William of denmark

• Benjaminn franklin

What magazine title is capitalized correctly?

• People

• NewsWeek

• the Press Gazette

• time

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
That same night, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip back to norfolk."

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following book titles is capitalized correctly?

• The Great Gatsby

• the Great Gatsby

• The great Gatsby

• the great Gatsby

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Identify the correctly capitalized sentence.

• The sun rises in the east.

• the Sun rises in the east.

• The Sun rises in the East.

• the sun rises in the East.

What is the rule for capitalizing the first word in a sentence?

• Always capitalize the first word.

• Capitalize only if it's a noun.

• Capitalize only if it's a verb.

• Never capitalize the first word.