Short works (and parts of long works) get quotation marks Long works (and collections of short works) get italicized/underlined
Short poem Short story Essay Song Skit or monologue Commercial Individual episode of a TV series Chapter in a book Encyclopedia entry Article in a magazine Article in a newspaper One- or two-page handout
Epic Poem (book- length) Novel Collection of essays Collection of short stories CD or album Play, ballet, or opera Film Entire TV series Complete book Encyclopedia Magazine Newspaper Pamphlet Visual art (sculptures, drawing, painting, etc.)
If your work is handwritten and it is not obvious what italicized, underline the titles Traditional religious works are capitalized, but not underlined or italicized (the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, the Book of Mormon) Do not use quotation marks or italics for your own unpublished essays
First and last word Every noun, verb, adjective, and adverb Capitalize words that are more than 3 letters long ◦ Prepositions and articles are usually not capitalized ◦ If the title is very short, you may capitalize each word Only capitalize the first letter – not the entire word