English Exercises: Punctuating Titles

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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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Title of a novel �� �� Ex: Frankenstein �	Title of a Short Story � �� Ex: "The Open Window" �
Title of a book �� Ex: Psychology and Consumer Science �	Title of a Chapter �� Ex: "The Civil War"
Title of an Anthology or Collection of Works �� Ex: An Introduction to Literature �	Title of an Essay �� Ex: "How to Write an Essay"
Title of Magazine or Scholarly Journal �� Ex: Invention Today �	Title of an Article in a Magazine or Journal �� Ex: "The Invention of the Digital Camera"
Title of Newspaper �� Ex: The Athens Banner �	Title of an Article in a Newspaper �� Ex: "Clarke County Raises Scores"
Title of Plays �� Ex: Othello �	�
Title of an Epic or Long Poem �� Ex: The Odyssey �	Title of a Short Poem �� Ex: "By the Seaside"
Title of a Film �� Ex: Edward Scissorhands �	Title of a Chapter on a DVD �� Ex: "A Story about Snow"
Title of a Television Series �� Ex: Star Trek �	Title of Individual Episode in a T.V. Series �� Ex: "The Trouble with Tribbles"
Title of an Album, CD, Record, or Cassette �� Ex: The Moody Blues Greatest Hits	Title of a Song �� Ex: "Tuesday Morning"

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Exercise: Choose the correct punctuation for each title.

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1. Did you read the short story The Black Cat?

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2. I watched the�opera Madam Butterfly.

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3. Do you still get the newspaper The Athens Banner?

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4. We read about the ship the Titanic.

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5. One episode of The Closer called The Wedding was so funny.

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6. Justin Hayward was the lead singer on The War of the Worlds musical.

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7. Judy Garland sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

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8. Come watch the play Othello.

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9. The movie Dream Girls is really good.

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10. My magazine Archeology has not come.

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