1. Capitalization

3. Capitalize proper nouns (names of specific people, places, events, and organizations).

4. Capitalize the pronoun “I.”

5. Capitalize days of the week, holidays, and months of the year.

6. Capitalize the first word in a quote.

8. • Capitalize the first word of a greeting or closing.

9. • Capitalize the first word and last words and each significant word in the title of a book, movie, etc. Do not make the most of little words within a title (e.g.,a, an, and. as, if, for, or, the). Also, do not capitalize prepositions.

10. I was very moved when I read To Kill a Mockingbird.

11. There are many capitalization rules. Knowing and using these ten rules is a good start.

12. Capitalize the official title of a human being when used with that person’s name.