Formatting Titles

Songs, poems, short stories, and articles are short forms. They are punctuated by _____________.

• italicizing them.

• using italics and quotation marks together.

• using a period after each word.

• using quotation marks.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Novels, albums, movies, and video games are examples of __________ short form titles. These are italicized.

• long

• short

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

The first and last words are __________________ in a title.

• NOT capitalized

• capitalized

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) are __________________ in a title, unless they are the first or last words

• NOT capitalized

• capitalized

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Articles (a, an, the) are __________________ in a title, unless they are the first or last words.

• NOT capitalized

• capitalized

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Smaller works (forms) like articles, book chapters, TV episodes, and songs have their titles __________________.

• underlined or in italics

• written with quotation marks before and after

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Longer works (forms) like newspapers, magazines, books, TV series, movies, video games, and albums have their titles __________________.

• underlined or in italics

• written with quotation marks before and after

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

Avatar the Last Airbender (TV show title)

• underlined or in italics

• written with quotation marks before and after

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

The Upside Down (TV episode title)

• underlined or in italics

• written with quotation marks before and after

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

The book The Ocean at the End of the Lane would be typed _______.

• in italics

• with quotation marks before and after

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D