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- MicroHelp Library
- This screen, april, is a sample.
- Mastery Learning
- C A P I T A L S
- (c) 1989 by
- Allen Hackworth
- Press ENTER to continue
- C A P I T A L S
- Make Your Choice
- Press 1 2 or 3
- 1 Tutorial
- 2 Test
- 3 Main Menu
- Use a memory trick to help remember
- which words should be capitalized.
- First, imagine a car. On top of the
- car is a baseball hat, a cap. This
- is the cap car.
- Press ENTER
- On the left side of the car is
- painted a huge calendar.
- All words that appear on a calendar
- should be capitalized: Thanksgiving,
- Palm Sunday, Christmas, Easter, etc.
- Press ENTER
- On the right side of the car is
- painted a map.
- Any word that appears on a map
- should be capitalized: Snake River,
- Idaho, Rexburg, Teton Peaks, etc.
- Press ENTER
- Inside the car are six people, all
- from different countries.
- Capitalize the names of countries and
- races: Indian, English, Scotish,
- Mexican, African, British, etc.
- Press ENTER
- The cap car is pulling a trailer, a
- box on wheels. You can step into
- the trailer. On one wall is
- displayed historical documents.
- Capitalize historical documents:
- Bill of Rights, Magna Charta, etc.
- Press ENTER
- Against another wall is a table. On
- the table are models which depict
- battles from the Civil War.
- Capitalize historical events and
- periods: World War II, Battle of
- Wounded Knee, French Revolution, etc.
- Press ENTER
- Against a third wall is a display.
- On this table are model buildings.
- Capitalize building names:
- First Ward, Rexburg Stake Center,
- Center Theater, Smith Building,
- Manwaring Center, etc.
- Press ENTER
- Standing against the forth wall is
- a model of the Statue of Liberty.
- Capitalize monuments and memorials:
- Statue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial,
- etc.
- Press ENTER
- Let's review a few points: We have a cap (capitalization) car. It re-
- minds us of: map, calendar, races, countries, buildings, historical
- events and documents, statues and monuments.
- ? Press ENTER
- Based on the rules thus far, these words would be capitalized:
- the Salt Lake City Museum, Tower Falls, Chinese, Argentinian, Dutch, the
- Salmon River, Yellow Island, the Northwest, Yellowstone Park.
- ? Press ENTER
- Now all the men get out of the car and begin to pray to their own God.
- They each read from their own scriptures. Capitalize the names of
- religions and religious books.
- the Bhagavad-Gita, Hinduism, the Lord, the Son, the Bible, the Book of
- Mormon, the Torah, the Talmud, Judaism, Buddism, Buddha, Zeus, the Holy
- Ghost.
- ? Press ENTER
- Based on the rules thus far, these words would be capitalized:
- the Salt Lake City Museum, Saturday, Chinese, Argentinian, Dutch, the
- Salmon River, Yellow Island, the Northwest, Yellowstone Park.
- ? Press ENTER
- Capitalize titles before the
- name but not after the name.
- I know Bishop Stan McMaster.
- I know Stan McMaster, a bishop
- in the Rexburg Third Ward.
- Don't capitalize course names
- unless they have a number with
- the name.
- wrong: I take History and Math.
- right: I take History 170 and
- Math 110.
- Capitalize titles when they are
- used in place of the name but not
- when used with ``my.''
- My mother was on the campus.
- Give Mother my books. My aunt was
- here. Tell Aunt Susan to come
- later.
- The letter ``I'' is always cap-
- italized.
- Capitalize the interjection ``O''
- but not ``oh'' unless it begins
- a sentence.
- I need thee, O Lord.
- This completes the capitalization tutorial.
- Please do these screens again if your drill
- score is low. Any score below 95% is low.
- Press ENTER
- One minute
- please . . .
- I'm building
- your test.
- APRIL
-