Metals and non-metals

 

Metals
Can be drawn into strings (ductile)
Malleable
Shiny when scratched
Ring when hit (sonorous)
Good conductors of heat and electricity
Oxides are bases

Non-Metals
Can't be drawn into strings (not ductile)
Not malleable (brittle)
Not shiny when scratched (dull)
Don't ring when hit
Poor conductors of heat and electricity
Oxides are acids