Capitalization: Titles, Outlines &

Quotations

 Titles require special capitilization. We capitilize the

following:
1. The first and last words of a title
2. All verbs (action or being words)
3. All other words in the title except certain short words
A preposition with five or more letters (such as outside,
underneath, between, etc.)
The Lost Man
The Mystical Wonders
The Kids New Toy

Although, words like a ,an, and, the, but, or, for, nor, and
Prepositions with four letters or fewer do not need a capital letter.

Of, With, At, In, On, For, But, By, etc

NOTE: the is not capitalized when it is not the first letter of the
Title.

OUTLINES
We learn to organize written material by

outlining.

Outlines require capital letters for the Roman numerals and for the
letters of the first major topics. We also capitalize the first letter of the
first word in the outline.
I. Tragedues by William Shakespeare
A. Antony and Cleopatra
B. Julius Caesar
II. Comedies by Javier Cortes
A. The Taming of the Shrew
B. The Merchant of Venice

Quotations
We capitalize the first word of a dialogue quotation, as shown below.
Ex.:
Professor Falstaff inquired, Have you finished
reading The Old Curiosity Shop?
Nell quipped. Of course not. Its one thousand
Pages long!