Grammar Mechanics

Periods are used at the end of

• Declarative sentences

• Decorative sentences

• Some imperative sentences

• Declarative and some imperative sentences

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

Capitalize the ______ word in direct quotations

• Most meaningful

• Third

• Prettiest

• First

In a letter, capitalize

• The name of the street

• The city, and state

• The month in the heading

• All of the above

Do not capitalize _______ quotations.

• Confusing

• Something Someone else said talking about your

• Indirect

• Long

Interrogative sentences end with a

• Beauty mark

• Period

• Check mark

• Question mark

If a continuous sentence in a direct quotation is split and the second half is NOT a new sentence

• Don’t capitalize it

• Capitalize it

• Cover it with a sticker

• Erase it

If a continuous sentence in direct quotation is split and the second half IS a new sentence then

• Capitalize it

• Capitalize every letter in the sentence

• Don’t split it

• Start over

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.W.8.3B

Exclamation marks are used at the end of

• A road that is a dead end

• A story with a really exciting ending

• Exclamatory sentences, imperative sentences and interjections

• Those marks are absolutely NEVER used!

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

Proper nouns are capitalized

• When you want them to be

• When you are in the capital city of the state you are doing homework in

• Always

• Only after you yell “clear!” To warn everyone or it will be a shock

Quotation marks are used

• To show the exact words of a speaker

• Before and after the exact words of a speaker

• When a direct quotation contains another direct quotation

• When the speaker writes down his thoughts instead of speaking them

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.2B

CCSS.W.8.3B