Capitalization Rules
Read the sentence: the boy is from Saipan.
What is capitalize the start of a sentence?
I am used for telling.
What is a period?
Comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Tells something and ends with a period
What is a declarative sentence?
The person or thing in a sentence that does the action.
What is a subject?
Read the sentence: My mom and i ate pizza for lunch.
What is capitalize the letter I?
I am used for asking.
What is a question mark?
An exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
Asks a question and ends with a question mark
The part of a sentence that contains the action.
What is a predicate?
Read the sentence: She lives on 123 main street, tamuning.
What is capitalize names of places?
I am used for yelling.
What is an exclamation point?
Giving human characteristics to objects or animals
What is personification?
Shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point
What is an exclamatory sentence?
The person or thing being affected by the action of a subject
What is an object?
Read the sentence: John sang, "i believe i can fly" and Jim read, "under the blood red sun" for English class.
What is capitalize titles?
I am used to list things in a sentence.
What are commas?
The use of a word to make a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
Gives a command and ends with a period or exclamation point
What is an imperative sentence?
A group of words that make sense all on its own.
What is a sentence?
Months
the letter I
Names
Titles
Start of Sentence
What is MINTS?
I am used when people are speaking in a story.
What are dialogue quotation marks?
The repetition of the same beginning sounds of words
What is alliteration?
Declarative
Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
What are the types of sentences?
One or more sentences in a group related to the same topic.
What is a paragraph?