{"id":916,"date":"2022-04-21T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=916"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:00:37","slug":"e-mm-1-capitalising-titles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-mm-1-capitalising-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"E- MM.1 Capitalising titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Capitalising titles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Key Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does It Mean to Capitalise a Title?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Capitalising a title means writing the important words<\/strong> in a title with capital letters<\/strong>.
Example: \ud83d\udcd8 The Lion King<\/em> (not the lion king<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capitalise the Following:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 The first<\/strong> word of the title
\u2705 The last<\/strong> word of the title
\u2705 All major words<\/strong> in between<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/em>
\u2192 \u201cHarry,\u201d \u201cPotter,\u201d \u201cChamber,\u201d and \u201cSecrets\u201d are capitalised because they\u2019re important words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do NOT Capitalise These (Unless They\u2019re First or Last):<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u274c Articles: a, an, the<\/em>
\u274c Coordinating Conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so<\/em>
\u274c Short Prepositions (fewer than 4 letters): in, on, at, by, to, for, up, off<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>
\ud83d\udc49 \u201cA\u201d is capitalised (first word), \u201cof\u201d is not, \u201cTwo Cities\u201d are capitalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capitalise:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Nouns \u2192 Dog, Teacher, Love<\/em>
\u2705 Pronouns \u2192 He, She, We<\/em>
\u2705 Verbs \u2192 Run, Jump, Dance<\/em>
\u2705 Adjectives \u2192 Beautiful, Bright, Tall<\/em>
\u2705 Adverbs \u2192 Quickly, Happily, Gently<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: Running Fast in the Rain<\/em> \ud83c\udf27\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why It\u2019s Important:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2728 Makes your writing look neat and professional<\/strong>
\u2728 Helps readers understand the title easily<\/strong>
\u2728 Shows good grammar and attention to detail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practice Examples:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u274c Incorrect<\/th>\u2705 Correct<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
the sound of music<\/td>The Sound of Music \ud83c\udfb5<\/td><\/tr>
a walk in the park<\/td>A Walk in the Park \ud83d\udeb6\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
learning by doing<\/td>Learning by Doing \ud83d\udcaa<\/td><\/tr>
to kill a mockingbird<\/td>To Kill a Mockingbird \ud83d\udcda<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Quick Tip:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\ud83e\ude84 Use the \u201cTitle Case Rule\u201d<\/strong>:
Capitalize First, Last, and All Important Words!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2728 Capitalize \u27a1\ufe0f First + Last + Major Words
\u274c Don\u2019t capitalize \u27a1\ufe0f short prepositions, articles, conjunctions
\ud83d\udca1 Make your titles shine like this: The Power of Knowledge!<\/em> \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Capitalising titles Key Notes: What Does It Mean to Capitalise a Title? Capitalising a title means writing the important words in a title with capital letters.Example: \ud83d\udcd8 The Lion King (not the lion king) Capitalise the Following: \u2705 The first word of the title\u2705 The last word of the title\u2705 All major words in betweenContinue reading “E- MM.1 Capitalising titles”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-916","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18092,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions\/18092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}