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Capitalization & Punctuating Titles

Proper Nouns / Names Walmart Target John Deere Mike John Alejandro

Proper Adjectives What’s that you ask? Well here is one example let me ask you a question, What type of food do you want for dinner? Italian? Mexican? Chinese? These are proper adjectives, they describe a very specific type of food. It’s not hot food or good food, those adjectives don’t merit a capital letter. Other examples: British Politian Shakespearian play Renaissance man

Geographic Names: Towns, Cities Counties States Countries Islands Bodies of Water Forests Parks Streets Highways Mountains Continents Regions

Names of organizations, institutions, and government bodies. Teams: Ravens, Broncos, etc. Organizations: Boy Scouts of America Institutions: Weber State Government Bodies: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Names of historical events, periods, holidays and calendar events Historical Events: The Civil War Historical Periods: The Industrial Revolution Holidays: Christmas Days: Monday Months: January Calendar Events: Easter

Names of religions and their followers, holy days, sacred writings, specific deities Religions: Catholic Followers: Muslims Holy Days: Easter Celebrations: Passover Sacred Writings: The Bible Specific Deities: Yahweh

Monuments, memorials, awards Monuments: The Grand Canyon Memorials: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Awards: The Heisman Trophy

Names of businesses and brand names of business products Business: Ford Brand Name: American Eagle Don’t confuse a logo with proper capitalization! addidas WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY etc

Person’s title when it comes before the name Title: Doctor… Person: Mrs. Mr. etc. Teacher: Professor…

A word showing familial relationship When the word is used before or in place of a person’s name Uncle Mike Aunt Tia Or in place of their name: “Hey, Auntie, would you like more mashed potatoes?”

The first and last and all important words in titles and subtitles Books: Hatchet Magazines: Teen Beat Newspapers: The Enquirer Poems: The Road Less Traveled Short Stories: The Cask of Amontillado Historical Documents: The Declaration of Independence Movies Television series Works of Art Musical Works Plays Comic Strips Videos Video Games CD’s

Lastly, be sure to capitalize: The first word in a sentence. The pronoun “I” The contraction “I’m” The first word in the salutation and closing of a letter

Punctuating Titles Italicize (or underline when writing) the titles of magazines, books, newspapers, academic journals, films, television shows, long poems, plays, operas, musical albums, works of art, websites. The names of specific spacecraft, aircraft, ships, and trains are treated like titles: they should be italicized. You don't need to italicizebrand names like Boeing or Amtrak. Put in quotes the titles of specific articles, television episodes, essays