Capitalization & Punctuation

Which of the following book titles uses correct capitalization?

• The Fault In Our Stars

• The Perks of Being A Wallflower

• A Wrinkle in Time

• Eleanor And Park

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following sentences uses correct capitalization and punctuation?

• My favorite chapter in Milk and Honey is "The Loving."

• My favorite book of all time is American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

• I read "Vogue" to keep up with the latest fashion trends.

• Next week we will begin to read The House On Mango Street.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following titles does not require quotation marks?

• Short stories

• Magazines

• Short poems

• Song

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Which of the following titles should not be underlined?

• Chapters of a book

• Novels

• Films

• Magazines

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CCSS.L.5.2D

When citing individual episodes of television shows in your writing, you must..

• underline the title

• put the title in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Which of the following sentences uses underlining incorrectly?

• Please hand me the newspaper so I can read Chargers vs. Colts Gets Interesting.

• Many of the songs on Taylor Swift's new album made it on to Billboard's top 100 hits this week.

• Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story.

• Did you read the article in The New York Times about Donald Trump?

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CCSS.L.6.6

Music albums must be placed in quotation marks when they are cited in your writing.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Which of the following uses correct capitalization and punctuation?

My favorite episode of Bob's Burgers is Ex Mach Tina.

• My favorite episode of Bob's Burgers is "Ex Mach Tina".

• My favorite episode of Bob's Burgers is "Ex Mach Tina."

• My favorite episode of "Bob's Burgers" is "Ex Mach Tina."

• My favorite episode of "Bob's Burgers" is Ex Mach Tina.

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Short stories and poems should always be placed in quotation marks.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

In some cases, you may have to use both quotation marks and underlining to properly punctuate titles.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B