IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN. HOW ARE THEWHEN CAPITALIZATION...

1. Identify the organizational pattern. How are theWhen capitalization is the issue, ask yourself whether theideas in the passage or paragraph organized?word in question is specificor general. If it is a specificThen consider: Does any sentence or paragraphperson, place, or thing, then it probably should be capi-seem to be out of place in the pattern?talized. Remember, in this regard,specificmeans partic-