When to Capitalize

Lilly went to Petco to buy dog food.

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Patrick sat inside his rock house for 22 days.

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A black cat walked down the street to see the pumpkins. ​

Always capitalize the first word of a sentence.

​1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence

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​2. Capitalize names and other proper nouns

​You should always capitalize people’s names.

Amy bought new shoes.

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I am friends with Delvie and Luke.

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Trenton responded respectfully to the teacher. ​

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The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the most powerful parties.

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The Catholic Church in Italy gave food to people in need. ​

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Dominic moved from California to Texas because he wanted Whataburger for lunch.

The names of cities, countries, companies, religions, and political parties are proper nouns.

2. Capitalize names and other proper nouns

Oh no! I forgot about Valentine’s Day!

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What are your plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas? ​

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Jacob went to the Winter Olympics last year. ​

Holidays

I hate Mondays!

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​We will meet on the last Friday in October.

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Mrs. Glatz's birthday is in October.

Day and months​

​3. Capitalize days, months, and holidays, but not seasons (unless in a proper name)

Mrs. Wingate is awesome.

4. Capitalize most words in titles

Movies, books, and other works​

In general, you should capitalize the first word, all nouns, all verbs (even short ones, like is), all adjectives, and all proper nouns.

​Where the Wild Things Are

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban​

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme

Rhyme Scheme is the pattern in which sounds in lines of poetry end.

Each new sound in a poem is assigned a different letter. (The first line of a rhyming poem is always assigned the letter “a.”) 

If a sound repeats, it is assigned the same letter as the line in which the same sound appeared.

Couplet

Twinkle, Twinkle, little star        A

How I wonder what you are?     A

Up above the world so bright     B

Like a diamond in the night        B

This poem is a Couplet poem.

The Rhyme Scheme of a Couplet poem is AABB.

Quatrain

Quatrains are four line poems that may follow any of one of the four different rhyme schemes. (ABAB, AABB, ABBA, ABCA)

Find the Rhyme Scheme

in the following poems.