1. Punctuating Titles

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Use “Quotation Marks” for . . .
Poetry
Short stories
Articles
Songs
Chapters
Titles of Websites
When referring to Essay titles

6. Here are some examples:
“The Road Not Taken”
“Biography of a Dress”
“You Give Love a Bad Name”

7. 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

8. 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

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