Capitalization Rules for Titles: English Language Arts

Summary

In this informative video, Mrs. Brown from homeschoolclick.com explains essential capitalization rules for writing titles. She emphasizes the importance of capitalizing the first and last words, while also noting exceptions for articles, conjunctions, and short prepositions. The video highlights the need to capitalize nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, subordinating conjunctions, and longer prepositions. Through practical examples, such as 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' and 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' viewers learn to apply these rules effectively. Mrs. Brown encourages engagement by inviting viewers to like and subscribe for more educational content.

Takeaways

• 😀 Always capitalize the first and last words of a title.
• 😀 Articles like 'a' and 'the' should not be capitalized in titles.
• 😀 Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) are not capitalized.
• 😀 Short prepositions (four letters or less) should not be capitalized.
• 😀 Capitalize nouns and pronouns, such as 'girl' or 'she.'
• 😀 Verbs and helping verbs, like 'were' and 'watching,' should be capitalized.
• 😀 Adjectives and adverbs, for example, 'pretty' and 'quietly,' are also capitalized.
• 😀 Long prepositions (five letters or more) should be capitalized.
• 😀 Practice fixing titles by labeling each word to determine capitalization.
• 😀 Remember to review and apply these capitalization rules when writing your own titles.

Q & A

What is the first capitalization rule mentioned in the video?

Always capitalize the first and last word of a title.

Can you give examples of titles where the first and last words are capitalized?

Examples include 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Pete the Cat'.

What types of words should not be capitalized according to the video?

Do not capitalize articles like 'a' and 'the', coordinating conjunctions like 'for', 'nor', 'but', 'or', 'yet', 'so', and short prepositions of four letters or less.

What is considered a short preposition in capitalization rules?

Short prepositions are defined as those that have four letters or fewer, such as 'at', 'by', 'from', 'in', and 'over'.

Which types of words should always be capitalized?

Capitalize nouns, pronouns, verbs and helping verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and long prepositions (five letters or more).

What are some examples of long prepositions?

Examples of long prepositions include 'around', 'before', and 'beside'.

How should the title 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' be capitalized according to the rules?

'Clifford the Big Red Dog' should keep 'Clifford' capitalized as the first word, 'Big' and 'Red' capitalized as adjectives, and 'Dog' capitalized as the last word.

What is the correct capitalization for the title 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'?

'Their Eyes Were Watching God' is correct with 'Their' as the first word, 'Eyes' as a noun, 'Were' as a helping verb, 'Watching' as an action verb, and 'God' as the last word.

How should the title 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' be capitalized?

'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' should have 'Somewhere' as the first word and 'Rainbow' as the last word, while 'Over' is a short preposition and 'the' is an article that should not be capitalized.

What action does Mrs. Brown encourage at the end of the video?

Mrs. Brown encourages viewers to hit 'like' and subscribe to be notified of new videos.