Unit 2 Review

Question 1

Proper nouns

Answer 1

always capitalized
(e.g , Joe, Ailish)

Question 2

names of particular things

Answer 2

always capitalized
(e.g Wednesday, New Vision, Republicans)
except for:
seasons
common nouns after brand names
general course titles
sun,moon,and earth when used w/out ‘the’

Question 3

words referring to the Deity and Holy Scripture

Answer 3

always capitalized
(e.g God, Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father)
except:
‘god’ or ‘gods’ when referring to pagan deities

Question 4

words formed from proper nouns

Answer 4

always capitalized
(e.g USMA, POTUS, Roman villa, Spanish Class)

Question 5

common noun or adjective when it is part of a proper name

Answer 5

always capitalized
(Barbersville Baptist Church, Franklin High School)

Question 6

names of particular places

Answer 6

always capitalized
(America, England, Florida, Hudson Bay, Wesser Bald)
except for:
North, South, east, or west when referring to a direction and not an area

The second part of a hyphenated word
(Thrity-fourth Street)

Question 7

titles of persons

Answer 7

capitalize when:
used before a name as part of the name

direct address

family relationship words when used before a persons name and when used in place of a persons name

expect for:
titles following a persons name or used alone in place of a name (except for direct address)

Question 8

titles of works

Answer 8

capitalize when:
first, last, and all important words in the title

except when:
“the” is not capitalized before the title of a magazine or newspaper when the title is written in a sentence

Question 9

first word of every sentence and line of poetry

Answer 9

always capitalized

Question 10

pronoun I and interjection O

Answer 10

always capitalized

Question 11

writing process

Answer 11

plan, write, rewrite, edit

Question 12

topic sentence

Answer 12

paragraph’s first sentence which states the paragraphs main idea

Question 13

3 ways to develop a paragraph

Answer 13

incidents, reasons, and examples

Question 14

clincher/summarizing sentence

Answer 14

used at end of paragraph and restates the main idea

Question 15

when writer must give events in the order they happened

Answer 15

chronological order

Question 16

when the write must order the paragraph while using descriptions; presents details in way that makes their location clear

Answer 16

space order

Question 17

common in paragraphs developed by reasons or examples; beginning with least important to most important

Answer 17

order of importance

Question 18

points are stated as words or phrases in the outline

Answer 18

topical outline

Question 19

points are stated as sentences and end with periods in the outline

Answer 19

sentence outline

Question 20

clearly states the topic and opinion/subject that you will be writing about/proving at the very beginning of a essay/book report; attention-getter

Answer 20

thesis

Question 21

6 parts of business letters

Answer 21

1. heading (address of sender +date)
2. inside address (address of letter receiver)
3. salutation
   (greeting, followed by a colon)
4. body
   (what you have to say)
5. complimentary closing
   (followed by comma; sincerely)
6. signature
   (full name of writer, typed and written)

Question 22

4 rules of business letters

Answer 22

• must be typed
• one side only
• brief and to the point
• avoid using trite expressions