UNIT 5

 It starts….A Capital letter  It ends….Punctuation  Declarative sentence…a PERIOD  Imperative sentence…a PERIOD  Interrogative sentence…a ????  An Exclamatory sentence…!!!!  No run on sentence…a sentence has to be JUST RIGHT

 Proper Noun: a word that names a SPECIFIC person, place, object  Davy Crockett, Chicago, Declaration of Independence  Also…Specific days of the week, months of the year, and holidays  Tuesday, March, Fourth of July  Another specific: buildings and companies  Empire State Building, Phillips Petroleum Company, St. Joseph School  Proper adjectives come from Proper Nouns  Africa…African culture Brazil…Brazilian dance Irish stew,  Spanish horses, American soil

 A, tells you to PAUSE  The child, in the blue dress, is very cute.  Ann, Keith, John, and Mary were late to class.  A, can change the meaning of a sentence  Beth, Ann, John, and Paul were chosen for the play.  Beth Ann and John Paul were chosen for the play.  A series: a, is used to separate three or more items in a list: I had to buy bread, cheese, milk,and ham at the store.  No comma before the last item  No comma if a sentence only lists two items.

 Introductory words: words that “introduce” a sentence: yes, no, well  Use a comma after an introductory word.  Yes, I will help you with the assignment.  Well, I guess I better get busy.  Noun in a direct address  Use a comma to set off the person you are addressing. ( isolate the word)  Nancy, would you please go get the mail?  I hope you can attend the meeting, R alph

 Interjection: a word(s) that shows feeling or emotion  Exclamation Point: STRONG feeling, stands alone: Ouch! I dropped the hammer on my to e. Wow! That game was terrific!  Comma: Mild feeling, begins the sentence: Well, I guess you can go. Oh, I thought you were sick. Interjections HurrayHeyNo…YesWell Good griefAhOopsWhew OkayOhOuchWow

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 These are my words…you are borrowing them…give me credit  Direct quotation: exact words being quoted…Need a capital letter, quotation marks, commas, and punctuation  Mark said, “ I have two rabbits.” (comma, quotation mark, capital I, period, quotation marks)  “Give me the picture,” demanded Scott. ( quotation mark, capital G, comma, quotation mark, period  If the quotation asks a question or is exclamation, put the question mark or exclamation point, inside the quotation.  “Where are you going?” asked Betsy. ((quotation mark, capital W, question mark, quotation mark, period  “That is a great idea !” exclaimed Ralph. ( quotation mark, capital T, exclamation mark, quotation mark, period.)

 When a quotation is divided put quotation marks around both parts.  “What do you think,” asked Mark, “that the teacher will do about the test?” ( quotation, capital W, comma, quotation, comma, quotation, lower case t, question mark, quotation.)  If the second part of the quotation continues the same sentence, do not capitalize the first word. If it starts a new sentence then capitalize the first word.  “Who is going,” asked the teacher, “to the museum tomorrow?” ( quotation, capital W, comma, quotation, comma, quotation, lower case t, question mark, quotation)  “Who is going to the museum tomorrow?” asked the teacher. “ I really need to know.” ( quotation, capital W, question mark, quotation, period, “quotation, capital I, period, quotation)  “I will get the supplies,” said Betsy. “ I will have my mom help me.” ( quotation, capital I, comma, quotation, period, quotation, capital I, period, quotation)

 Abbreviation: shortened form of a word…Begins with a capital letter and ends with a period: Mister: Mr. Doctor: Dr.  Initials: a letter that represents the first name of a person and/or the middle name of a person: Joan Martha Cook: J.M. Cook: capital letter/period

 Titles of books, news papers, magazines, and major written works: Capitalize first word, all important words, and last word…do not capitalize articles or non-important words  The St. Louis Post Dispatch (newspaper)  Call of the Wild(book)  In print: Title is Italicized…written Underline  Short pieces: poems, songs, short stories, articles, song titles, book titles: Use quotations  “This Land is Your Land” (song)  “A Night in the Museum” (short story)