How to Punctuate Titles
Italics and Underlining Italics and underlining are the same. Use Italics when word processing. Use Underlining when handwriting. In this PowerPoint, I’ll pretend we’re always handwriting.
When to Underline We underline the BIG things. Major works such as Books Albums Plays Movies Magazines
Quotation Marks Parts of the BIG things, go in quotation marks. Examples are Articles in magazines Chapters in books Songs on an album Acts in a play Episodes of a TV show
Helpful tips When using Word to type, Hit Ctrl and U at the same time to underline. Hit Ctrl and I at the same time to italicize. I just did that!
Practice – Punctuate these sentences. Pretend you are handwriting. My favorite episode of Star Trek is called Future Imperfect. My favorite episode of Star Trek is called “Future Imperfect.” I love the song You Can’t Stop the Beat from the Broadway play Hairspray. I love the song “You Can’t Stop the Beat” from the Broadway play Hairspray.