1. Capitalization Does life get any better?

2. 1. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in every sentence. Examples: Every weekday I go to the teen center. We just got back from the mall.

3. 2. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in every quote. Examples: “How will we get home?” asked Harmony. “She can’t wait till the party!” said Alyssa.

4. Fragmented Quotes “Not now,” said Ms. Verge. “Maybe later.”

5. Quoting from a story The air was “deadly cold” and the… No need to capitalize this since it wasn’t capitalized in the story.

6. 3. Capitalize the pronoun I. Examples: When I get home, I’m going to shower. 4. Capitalize the interjection O. Examples: Protect us in battle, O great Athena.

7. When I get home, I’m going to shower. Capitalize the interjection O. Examples: Protect us in battle, O great Athena. Oh, our Mother the Earth.

8. I think you are oh so great. Do not capitalize oh. Just O

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10. Capitalize Proper Nouns Examples: Common Nouns Proper Nouns athlete SherylSwoopes riverNile month February

11. Capitalize the names of persons and animals. Examples: Given namesAlice Franklin Christy SurnamesWalker Chang-Diaz Sandoz AnimalsTrigger Socks Rover

12. Capitalize geographical names Towns, Cities: Jamestown Manor, San Diego, Counties, States Cook County Bedford County Tennessee New Hampshire

13. Islands Wake Island Isle of Wight Countries Germany New Zealand Bodies of Water Lake Erie Kentucky River Tampa Bay Indian Ocean Forests, Parks Tahoe National Forest Chimney Rock ParkStreets, Highways Madison Avenue West Fourth Street Route 44 Interstate 75

14. Mountains: Mount Washington Big Horn Mountains Continents: Australia, Asia, North America, Africa

15. Regions West Coast North Balkans Midwest Other Geo. Names Malay Peninsula Seneca Rocks Suez Canal Painted Desert Bering Strait Dismal Swamp

16. The birds fly south. I was driving in the East. I live on the West Coast A, an, the = capitalize West, South, North, East

17. Capitalize Proper Nouns Nile February Nevada

18. Capitalize geographical names. Jamestown New Zealand Route 44

19. Capitalize a person’s title when the title comes before the person’s name. Does Reverend Ward work here? Does a reverend work here? Is the patient resting, Nurse?

20. Capitalize a word showing a family relationship when the word is used before or in place of a person’s name, unless the word follows a possessive noun or pronoun. I received a letter from Aunt Cathie. When will Mom and Dad be home? Angela’s mother and my aunt Daphne coach the girls’ softball team. Tammy’s mom and dad never came home.