Editing and Revising CMT's

Terms	Definitions
Do Not Capitalize Seasons	winter, spring summer fall
Capitalize the names of languages, races, nationalities, and religions	Arab, Spanish, Judaism, African art, Irish linen, Sweedish meatballs
Acronym	word formed from 1st ( or first few) letters of words in a phrase
Colon	to emphasize a word or phrase, to introduce a list
Semi-Colon	to join two independent clauses (which means two clauses could stand alone as a separate sentence
Dash	To indicate a sudden break
Quotes	Ms. Turk says, "Review this before the CMT's!"
Synonym	words that mean the same
Antonym	Words that have the opposite meaning
Homophone	words that have the same sound and spelling, but different in meaning
its	shows ownership
it's	contracted form of it is
than	used to make a comparison
then	a word that tells time or sequence
your	shows ownership
you're	contracted form of you are
there	a place word
there	sometimes just begins a fact
thier	shows ownership
they're	contracted form of they are
were	a verb word; plural form of was
we're	contracted form of we are
right	correct; not left; privillege
write	to make marks on paper; compose
know/knew	verb meaning to understand or have knowledge of
no	a negative
new	not old

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