Punctuating Titles
When it comes to punctuating titles, you must either use underlining, use italics, or use quotation marks. You will only use italics-- the slanted writing-- when you type. However, you need to know that italics and underlining are used for the SAME TYPES OF TITLES!
- They are both used with titles of LONG works of literature, drama, and other media.
- If you write something that has been typed in italics, you MUST UNDERLINE it.
- You will also need to use them with the names of trains, ships, airplanes, or space ships/rockets.
On the other hand, if a title is a short work of literature, drama, or other media, you must use QUOTATION MARKS around the title.
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UNDERLINE
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QUOTATION MARKS |
Title of a novel
| Title of a Short Story
Ex: "The Open Window"
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Title of a book
Ex: Psychology and Consumer Science
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Title of a Chapter
Ex: "The Civil War" |
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Title of an Anthology or Collection of Works
Ex: An Introduction to Literature
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Title of an Essay
Ex: "How to Write an Essay" |
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Title of Magazine or Scholarly Journal
Ex: Invention Today
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Title of an Article in a Magazine or Journal
Ex: "The Invention of the Digital Camera" |
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Title of Newspaper
Ex: The Athens Banner
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Title of an Article in a Newspaper
Ex: "Clarke County Raises Scores" |
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Title of Plays
Ex: Othello
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Title of an Epic or Long Poem
Ex: The Odyssey
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Title of a Short Poem
Ex: "By the Seaside" |
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Title of a Film
Ex: Edward Scissorhands
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Title of a Chapter on a DVD
Ex: "A Story about Snow" |
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Title of a Television Series
Ex: Star Trek
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Title of Individual Episode in a T.V. Series
Ex: "The Trouble with Tribbles" |
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Title of an Album, CD, Record, or Cassette
Ex: The Moody Blues Greatest Hits
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Title of a Song
Ex: "Tuesday Morning" | |
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Exercise: Choose the correct punctuation for each title.
1. Did you read the short story The Black Cat?
2. I watched the opera Madam Butterfly.
3. Do you still get the newspaper The Athens Banner?
4. We read about the ship the Titanic.
5. One episode of The Closer called The Wedding was so funny.
6. Justin Hayward was the lead singer on The War of the Worlds musical.
7. Judy Garland sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
8. Come watch the play Othello.
9. The movie Dream Girls is really good.
10. My magazine Archeology has not come.
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