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Capitalization

CAPITALIZED LETTERS
  • First word in a sentence
No one could stop Dr. Poison but Wonder Woman.

  • Proper nouns
Wonder Woman was born on Themyscria, known as Paradise Island.

  • Proper adjectives, including nationalities and races
Though Wonder Woman is not American, she rescues those in need from all countries.

  • The names of religious deities and prophets
“May the goddess Athena give me strength,” Wonder Woman muttered in the face of danger.

  • Personal titles that are not modified by “the”
The president and Chairman Reid were threatened by the supervillain Dr. Poison.

  • Acronyms
Dr. Poison even infiltrated NASA and the FBI.

  • Words in a title that ARE NOT prepositions or a, an, the, but, as, if, and, or, nor UNLESS one of those words is the first word in the title
For Whom the Bell Tolls     Lady and the Tramp
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  • Basics
    • 10 Rules
    • Setting
    • Genre
    • Structure >
      • Novel Forms
      • Poem Forms
      • Myth Forms
      • Play Forms
    • Style >
      • Analogy
      • Irony
      • Sonance
      • Parallelism
      • Solecism
    • Purpose
    • Glossary
    • Need a Word?
  • Story
    • Conflict
    • Character
    • Archetypes
    • Perspective
    • Starts & Ends
    • PULSE
    • Dialogue
  • Analysis
    • Theme+
    • How to read a... >
      • Poem
      • Play
      • Film
      • Image
      • Comic
    • Intertextuality
    • Lit Movements
    • Critical Lenses >
      • Marxism
      • Postcolonialism
      • Feminism
      • Queer
      • Ecocritical
      • Affliction
      • Psychoanalysis
      • Reader Response
  • Edifiers
    • Essays >
      • Precis
      • College Essay
    • Rhetoric >
      • Thesis
      • Appeals
      • Fallacies
    • Journalism >
      • Ethics
      • Writing >
        • Articles >
          • News
          • Features
          • Reviews
          • Opinions
        • Headlines
        • AP Style
      • Interviewing
      • Photojournalism
    • Metiers >
      • Resume+
      • Speeches
  • Research
    • Source Citation >
      • MLA Citation
      • APA Citation
      • In-Text
    • Copyright
    • How to quote
    • How to Make a... >
      • Bibliograpy
      • Annotated Bib.
      • Abstract
      • Ignite
  • Grammar
    • Parts of Speech >
      • Nouns
      • Main Verbs
      • Helping Verbs
      • Verbals
      • Modifiers
      • Pronouns
      • Conjunctions
    • Mechanics >
      • Punctuation
      • Commas
      • Parentheticals
    • Usage >
      • Titles
      • Numbers
      • Decency
      • Respect
      • Yellow Words
    • Print Format