Capitalization & Punctuation Key Concepts
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| direct quotation | the exact words a speaker says--Use quotation marks only when you write a direct quotation. | Barney said, "Clean up everywhere!"
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| end marks | show where sentences end--There are 3 kinds of end marks. | (.) Declarative and Imperative
(?) Interrogative
(!) Exclamatory
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| interrogative sentence | ends with a question mark (?) | Did you clean your room?
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| exclamatory sentence | ends with an exclamation mark (!) | What a good job you did!
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| declarative sentence | ends with a period (.) | I'm gong to brag on you about this.
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| imperative sentence | ends with a period (.) | Get your bags, before we go.
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| titles and initials | used with names and are capitalized--Only capitalize family titles when they are used as names. | Capitalize: We are going with Mom to the store.
Do not capitalize: My mom and I are going to the store.
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| when "yes", "no", or "well" is the first word in a sentence | use a comma after these words to show the pause in your writing | Yes, we will go.
No, we will not go.
Well, I changed my mind.
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| a capital letter | shows where each sentence begins | Please capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
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| proper nouns | name a particular person, place, or thing--They always begin with a capital letter. | Matilda; Pebble Creek Road; New York Mets
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| abbreviations | words in shortened form--Most begin with a capital letter and end with a period. |
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| two-letter abbreviations for state names are used with | zip codes |
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| commas | tell readers where to pause |
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| when a sentence includes the name of a person being addressed | set off the name with commas |
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| in a list (or series) of items, use "and" or "or" | before the last item--Put a comma after each item except the last one. |
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| in a title, capitalize | the first, last, and each important word |
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| in a title, capitalize "and", "in", "of", "to", "a", and "the" | only when they are the first or last words in the title |
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| when you write the title of a book, magazine, or newspaper, always | underline |
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