Punctuating Punctuating Titles Titles

The 2 Ways to Punctuate Titles:

ITALICIZE or Underline

Use “QUOTATION MARKS”

Use Italics or Underline for . . .

1)Novels2)Plays3)Book length poems4)Newspapers/Magazines5)Movies/TV shows6)Works of art/Names of ships7)Long Musical Compositions8)Album titles

Here are some examples:

Macbeth The Catcher in the Rye SeinfeldThe Boston GlobeSports IllustratedThe Mona LisaThe Iliad/The OdysseyThe Titanic

Use “Quotation Marks” for . . .

Poetry Short stories Articles Songs Chapters Titles of Websites When referring to Essay titles

Here are some examples: “The Road Not Taken”

“Biography of a Dress”

“You Give Love a Bad Name”

Helpful Tips:

1)Capitalize all important words in a title

2)Prepositions can be capitalized3)No title should ever be both italicized and put in quotes

4)Coordinating conjunctions are usually not capitalized, unless they are at the beginning of a sentence

Helpful Tips (continued):

5)Punctuation, like periods & commas, goes inside quotation marks

6)Larger works, like CDs & books, are italicized, and smaller works, like songs & chapters, are put in quotes

7)Articles (a, an, the) are not always capitalized

8)Remember---underline titles only when you are handwriting something

Class work: Complete 1-13Homework: Complete 14-25

Punctuating Titles Practice

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