Flashcards: Rules for Titles
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mistergeorge 
on December 4, 2011
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Do you underline(italics) or use quotation marks?
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rule for Capitalizing Titles | Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in the middle |
| "Whole Pie" vs. "Piece of the Pie" | a way to help remember what to do with a title-- the "whole" gets underlined and the "piece" gets quotation marks |
| "Longer" works vs. "Shorter" works | a way to help remember what to do with a title--the "longer" works get underlined and the "shorter" get quotation marks |
| Book/Novel Title | underline/italics |
| Poem Title | quotation marks |
| Magazine Title | underline/italics |
| Song Title | quotation marks |
| Album/CD Title | underline/italics |
| Short Story Title | quotation marks |
| Book-Length Poem Title | underline/italics |
| Magazine Article Title | quotation marks |
| Essay Title | quotation marks |
| Book chapter Title | quotation marks |
| TV Episode Title | quotation marks |
| Television series Title | underline/italics |
| Ship, Aircraft, Spacecraft Title | underline/italics |
| Painting/Sculpture Title | underline/italics |
| Ballet/Opera Title | underline/italics |
| Religious Texts/Titles | capitalize |
| Your Own Title | capitalize |
| Book Series Title | capitalize |
| Pamphlet Title | quotation marks |
| Movie/Film Title | underline/italics |
| Italics | text that is slanted to the right-- used to indicate titles in place of underlining |