Punctuating Titles

The 2 Ways to Punctuate Titles: ITALICIZE or Underline Use “QUOTATION MARKS”

Use Italics or Underline for . . . Novels Plays Book length poems Newspapers/Magazines Movies/TV shows Works of art/Names of ships Long Musical Compositions Album titles

Here are some examples: Macbeth The Catcher in the Rye Seinfeld The Boston Globe Sports Illustrated The Mona Lisa The Iliad/The Odyssey The 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: Capitalize all important words in a title Prepositions can be capitalized No title should ever be both italicized and put in quotes Coordinating conjunctions are usually not capitalized, unless they are at the beginning of a sentence

Helpful Tips (continued): Punctuation, like periods & commas, goes inside quotation marks Larger works, like CDs & books, are italicized, and smaller works, like songs & chapters, are put in quotes Articles (a, an, the) are not always capitalized Remember---underline titles only when you are handwriting something

Class work: Complete 1-13 Homework: Complete 14-25 Punctuating Titles Practice Worksheet Class work: Complete 1-13 Homework: Complete 14-25