Capitalization Rules and Examples

This video tutorial covers the rules of capitalization, focusing on historical events, periods, documents, and names of groups and departments. It provides examples of proper capitalization for historical events like the American Revolution and the Renaissance, as well as guidelines for capitalizing names of national, political, social, racial, civic, and athletic groups. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of using capital letters to highlight special qualities and provides a recap of the key points discussed.

What is the primary purpose of capitalization in writing?

• To confuse the reader

• To highlight words with special significance

• To make the text look more formal

• To fill up space on a page

Which of the following should be capitalized according to the rules for historical events?

• The industrial revolution

• The 21st century

• The Renaissance

• The 18th century

Which document name should be capitalized?

• magna carta

• constitution

• bill of rights

• declaration of independence

Which of the following is an example of a group name that should be capitalized?

• all of the above

• united states senate

• new york yankees

• national park service

Which of these department names should be capitalized?

• department of education

• national health service

• salvation army

• all of the above

Which of the following group names should be capitalized?

• green bay packers

• asian americans

• anti-semitic republicans

• all of the above

Which of these is a correctly capitalized name of a national group?

• all of the above

• green bay packers

• asian americans

• action against hunger

What is the correct capitalization for a civic group?

• Action Against Hunger

• Action against Hunger

• action Against Hunger

• action against hunger