Punctuating Titles

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Punctuating Titles
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Using Quotation Marks

• Use quotation marks to set off the titles of
  short works.
• Book chapter
• Short essay
• Essay
• Article
• Song
• Poem

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Examples

• Song Silent Night
• Poem The Road Not Taken

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Using Italics and Underlining

• Use italics for titles of longer works like a
• Book
• Play
• Movie
• Tv series
• Long musical work

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Example

• I loved reading Hoot in Mrs. Bressetts class.
• Have you ever seen The Phantom of the Opera?

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Also Use Italics for

• names of ships, trains, spacecraft and airplane.
• (but not type of plane)

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Underlining

• In handwriting, you show that something should be
  in italics by underlining it.