Capitalization:

Capitalization: Titles of Books, Plays, and Stories

Directions On each of the following slides, your task is to determine how many words in each title should be capitalized.

(1) the curious incident of the raccoon in the night-time

(2) the adventures of tom sawyer

(3) alice in wonderland and through the looking glass

(4) where the wild things are

(5) the return of the magic monsters

(6) in the meadow by the pond there lived a frog

(7) how i captured the castle in three days

(8) because of winn dixie

(9) a bear called paddington

(10) diary of a wimpy kid

(11) true story of the three little pigs

(12) little house in the north woods

(13) journey to the river sea

(14) the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

(15) harry potter and the philosopher’s stone

(16) from the mixed-up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler

(17) where the mountain meets the moon

(18) i am invited to a party!

(19) lily’s purple plastic purse

(20) horton hears a who

(21) when the birds come back to town