1. Capitalization

2. Rules Capitalize: 1.The first word of every sentence. 2.The pronoun I and the interjection O. 3. Proper nouns and proper adjectives.

3. Rules Capitalize: 4.The names of persons. 5.Geographical names. 6.The names of organizations, teams, business firms, institutions, buildings, and government bodies.

4. Rules Capitalize: 7. The names of historical events and periods, special events, and holiday and other calendar items. 8. The names of nationalities, races, and peoples. 9. Brand names and business products.

5. Rules Capitalize: 10.The names of ships, monuments, awards, planets, and any other particular places, things, or events.

6. NOTE: NOT Do NOT capitalize earth, moon, and sun UNLESS they are being used along with other astronomical names that are capitalized (as in a listing).

7. Rules NOT 11. Do NOT capitalize the names of school subjects, EXCEPT for the names of languages and courses followed by a number.

8. Rules Capitalize: The title of a person when it comes before the name. 13. Words showing family relationship when used with a person’s name but NOT when preceded by a possessive.

9. Rules Capitalize: 14. The first and last words and all important words in titles of books, periodicals, poems, stories, plays, historical documents, movies, radio and television programs, works of art, and musical compositions.

10. Rules Capitalize: 15. Names of religions and their followers, holy days and celebrations, holy writings, and specific deities.

11. Style Review Capitalized Names of Persons Mrs. J. C. Owens Jane Owens Mr. Paul Jackson Non-capitalized Names of Persons a nurse the new nurse a baseball coach

12. Style Review Capitalized Geographical Names Blacksburg Henrico County Catalina Island Andes Mountains Indian Ocean West Broad Street Road Glacier National Park the South is dry right now Non-capitalized Geographical Names a city in Virginia a county in Virginia an island in the USA a mountain range one of the world’s oceans a local road a national park go south on the interstate

13. Style Review Capitalized Organizations, Business Firms, Institutions, Government Bodies Young Democrats Club Play It Again Sports Virginia Tech World Court Federal Bureau of Investigation Non-capitalized Organizations, Business Firms, Institutions, Government Bodies a political organization a consignment shop a university a court located in the Hauge a federal department

14. Style Review Capitalized Historical Events and Periods, Special Events and Calendar Items The Korean War The Enlightenment The Sugar Bowl Thanksgiving Day October Non-capitalized Historical Events and Periods, Special Events and Calendar Items a continuing conflict associated with the 18 th century a football bowl game a national holiday a month in the fall

15. Style Review Capitalized Nationalities, Races, Religions Chinese Asian Judaism God Non-capitalized Nationalities, Races, Religions a nationality a race a religion Roman gods are mythical

16. Style Review Capitalized Brand Names Dodge Durango Apple Non-capitalized Brand Names a truck a computer

17. Style Review Capitalized Other Particular Places, Things, Events, and Awards the Spruce Goose the Marrakesh Express Challenger the Nobel Peace Prize the Milky Way Saturn, Mercury, the Moon the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the Senior Awards Ceremony the Purple Heart Non-capitalized Other Particular Places, Things, Events, and Awards a plane a train a spacecraft an award a galaxy the moon is full a national memorial a senior award was given a high military honor

18. Style Review Capitalized Specific Courses, Languages Photography 101 Italian Algebra II Non-capitalized Specific Courses, Languages a photography class a foreign language a algebra class

19. Style Review Capitalized Titles Father David the President of France the Prince of Morocco Aunt Peggy The Godfather The Washington Post the Koran Non-capitalized Titles a father of two boys the president of the class the prince rides a scooter her aunt by marriage a movie a newspaper a religious text

20. Exercise By Wednesday, 11/3/10 Finish Exs. 1, 2, 3, Review A, B, C, D, and the Posttest (ALL PARTS)