Underline, Italicize, Quotation Marks, or Naked? Titles: Underline, Italicize, Quotation Marks, or Naked?

YOUR BASIC RULES: Any work long enough to be published alone is put in italics. If you're typing your essay, italicize your words. If you’re handwriting the words, underline them instead. Shorter works or parts of longer works are enclosed in quotation marks.

Underline/Italics To indicate the title of a LONG work or something that could stand alone (not as part of something else) Examples: titles of books, novels, plays, long poems, periodicals, operas, ballets, named symphonies, newspapers, sculptures, paintings, television programs, ships, planes, and spacecraft are in italics

Use Quotation Marks: To indicate the title of a SHORT work or something that is PART of another work. Examples: single poems, articles, short stories, chapters, titles of songs, and so on

Quotation Marks vs. Italics/Underline Book Title Chapter in Book Magazine Title Article in Magazine/Newspaper/Book Newspaper Title Essay Album Title Song on Album Anthology Poem Television Show Title Episode Title

You Try: Italics/Underline or Quotations? Wonder is one of my favorite books! I wrote an essay called Brain Cell Research. I could not believe Katy Perry’s performance of Chained to the Rhythm on the IHeartMusic Awards. I can’t wait to see Beauty and the Beast next week!

REVIEW: What is the difference between italics vs. underlining? When should you use each? Give a basic rule for using italics or underlining in titles. What is the basic rule for quotation marks in titles? When should you leave words naked?

EXIT TICKET Punctuate the following correctly: Gangnam Style (song) Wiz Khalifa (artist) Skyfall (movie) The Raven (poem) The Mona Lisa (artwork)