Capitalization Rules!

1. Start of a sentence

(Each student smiled as they passed.)

2. Proper nouns

(Camden, Jose, Eastwood High School)

3. Proper Adjectives

(English muffin, Sony television, Thai food)

4. Title with a last name

(Coach Kelly, President Lincoln)

5. First word in a direct quotation

(Vanessa asked, “What do you want?”)

6. Titles

(Hatchet, One Direction, The Simpsons)

7. Letter opening

(Dear Mr. Alden,)

8. First word of a letter closing

(Yours truly)

Capitalization Rules!

1. Start of a sentence

(Each student smiled as they passed.)

2. Proper nouns

(Camden, Jose, Eastwood High School)

3. Proper Adjectives

(English muffin, Sony television, Thai food)

4. Title with a last name

(Coach Kelly, President Lincoln)

5. First word in a direct quotation

(Vanessa asked, “What do you want?”)

6. Titles

(Hatchet, One Direction, The Simpsons)

7. Letter opening

(Dear Mr. Alden,)

8. First word of a letter closing

(Yours truly)

Dialogue Rules!

1. Indent every time a new person

speaks

2. Put quotations around the things

people say out loud

3. Capitalize the first word of a direct

quotation

4. Put punctuation inside the

quotation marks

5. Include nouns/pronouns and

speech verbs to clarify who is

speaking

*not needed every time, but it should be

clear to the reader who is speaking.