1. Titles:

2.  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.

3.  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

4.  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

5.  Religious works like The Bible or The Koran  Buildings such as The Empire State Building  Monuments like The Statue of Liberty  Government documents such as The Declaration of Independence  People’s names (even famous people) These don’t need any type of punctuation, but always be sure to capitalize correctly!

6. Italics/UnderlineQuotation Marks Book TitleChapter in Book Magazine TitleArticle in Magazine/Newspaper/Book Newspaper TitleEssay Album TitleSong on Album AnthologyPoem Television Show TitleEpisode Title

7.  Looking for Alaska is one of my favorite books!  I wrote an essay called Stem Cell Research.  I could not believe Miley Cyrus’ performance of Wrecking Ball on the MTV Video Music Awards.  I can’t wait to see the new movie What If in theatres soon.

8.  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?

9.  Cool Kids (song)  Romeo and Juliet (play)  Skyfall (movie)  The Raven (poem)  To Kill a Mockingbird (novel)  The Scarlet Ibis (Short Story)  Resisted (a chapter in the novel The Host)