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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Capitalization
Level: Grade 12
Standards: CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.1, L.11-12.1b, L.11-12.2
Tags: ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.2.A
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Grade 12 Capitalization CCSS: CCRA.L.1, CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.1, L.11-12.1b, L.11-12.2

A style manual says "do not capitalize 'the' in the middle of a sentence."
However, it makes an exception for book titles. Which choice correctly demonstrates the exception?
  1. Hunter wanted to attend The University of Portland.
  2. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings.
  3. History will never forget the role of The United Kingdom during World War I.
  4. Engineering has become one of the most popular majors at the University of California.