PPT-Capitalization, Quotation Marks, Italics & Underlining

Usage amp Mechanics Capitalization What words do you capitalize Write down all that you know Capitalization The pronoun I Proper nouns and adjectives School subjects holidays days of the week months geographical names. brPage 1br Capitalization of Proper Nouns brPage 2br Capitalization of Proper Nouns RULES OF THUMB FOR FAULTY CAPITALIZATION, ITALICIZATION, . HYPHENATION, AND QUOTATION . TECHNIQUE. . From . Real Good Grammar, Too. . by Mamie Webb Hixon. . 1. Created by April Turner. Revised by Mamie Webb Hixon. Capitalization. Capitalize proper nouns and words derived from them; do not capitalize common nouns.. Months, holidays, and days of the week are treated as proper nouns. Names of school subjects are capitalized only if they are names of languages. Names of particular courses are capitalized.. th. Century Novel. Michael Johnson. Hong Kong University. Outline. The Varieties of Q-Mark Functions. Context-Sensitive Expressions in Reported Speech. The Monster Approach. Q-Marks and the 18. th. Century . Grammar Toolkit. Quotation marks. . I . heard her ask, . . How . much is enough. ?. . . said . Declan. .. . I . like ice-cream. ,. . said . Declan.. Grammar Toolkit. Quotation marks. The main job of quotation marks is to show what someone says in direct speech. They are sometimes called speech marks. Review. Acuity Review Quiz on FRIDAY. Why we are learning English in World Cultures?. According to Mrs. Steele and Mrs. James, the 6. th. grade need some additional time learning about capitalization. Even WE have seen it too!!. with . Titles and Words. From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #94. Use quotation marks to set off titles of short works and titles of parts of long works.. Use quotation marks for titles of essays, short stories, short poems, songs, chapters or section in books, speeches, episodes of radio or television series, and articles in magazines, newspapers, and professional journals.. in . apa. , . mla. , and . turabian. Alden David Martinez. Summer 2014. Capitalization of titles in . apa. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6. th. Edition. Capitalization of Titles in APA. 8. th. Grade . Language Arts. I vs. Me. If you are not good with grammar concepts like subject and objects, there is still a very easy way to decide whether to use . I. or . me. : try out the sentence with just . Quotation marks allow you to use another person’s words in your writing. . When you use another person’s words in your writing, it is called a . Direct Quote!. Quotation Marks. Do not use quotation marks for an . Danitza Alvizar Fernandez, IST . 511. October . 10, 2014 . What? Why? . How?. What?. Combining . q. uotation marks with other punctuation marks . (American English). Why?. Quotation marks can bring your writing to life.. Rule #1: DIRECT AND INDIRECT QUOTATIONS. A . direct quotation. represents a person’s exact speech or thoughts. Use quotation marks.. An . indirect quotation. reports only the general meaning of what a person said or thought. Do not use quotation marks.. Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Capitalization. Practice:. Kennedy . said. , “let us never negotiate out of fear.”. Kennedy . said. , “Let us never negotiate out of fear.”. m. ichael. . Quotation Marks. Use quotation marks around direct quotes, the speaker’s exact words:. My father told me, “There are plenty of fish in the sea.”. “I’m never going there again,” said Becky..