Think like Solomon about capital letters as punctuation. What can capital letters do? What punctuation mark do you think needs to exist and why? Are there any other punctuation marks you think should be made? What kind and for what purpose?
Capital letters are used to represent many things in a sentence. Capital letter always start a sentence, for example: Look at the capital letter at the beginning of this sentence. Capital letters are also used at the beginning of all names, such as, Mary, Luke, Tyler, and Sherry. Capital letters can be used as all caps in a sentence, maybe to portray importance, urgency, anger, or to get the readers attention. However, all caps should be used sparingly, as IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO READ A SENTENCE OR EVEN A PARAGRAPH, IN ALL CAPS (wow, where the heck did that come from?)! All caps should be kept to a minimum of a few words for best results, and so the reader knows the message has importance or an emotional meaning to it. Capital letters is also used in design. For example, it can be used for a logo, magazine cover, or book cover. The use of capital letters, and typography can work together to create a great design. These are only a few examples of how capital letters are used.
In regards to punctuation, I think a punctuation for sarcasm would be awesome. I've heard people say, "I wish there was a font for sarcasm". A punctuation for sarcasm is definitely needed, because it can be tough for a reader to understand a sarcastic statement. Some readers may catch the irony in the statement, while others would simply be lost or maybe think the writer lacks intelligence. A punctuation mark that looks like a small backwards letter "c" would be sufficient. It would simply indicate that the writer is "talking Crap".
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