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Quote? Italics? BOLD?When and how to notate titles

+Italics v. quotation marks

Use QUOTE marks for things that are SHORT

Use ITALICS for things that are LONG

+Examples of when to use quotes Poems “ Prometheus” by Lord Byron

Songs “The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key

Magazine Articles “Learning from Lincoln’s Wisdom” by William Kristol

Short Stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner

Episodes in a TV series: “The Trouble with Tribbles” in Star Trek

Chapters within a book: “The Boy Who Lived” in Harry Potter

+Examples of when to use italics

Novels: Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

Magazines: Time Magazine

Television Series: Star Trek

Movies: Shrek

Ships: The Monitor

+Other NEVER ON YOUR OWN TITLE

Never use bold

Only underline in handwritten essays (instead of italics)

Capitalize all major words in titles (everything but a, an, the, and, of, to)

In writing, always refer to the author by LAST NAME. First name is too casual, and you do not know him/her personally.

Correct: Bradbury’s style is very descriptive and he uses many metaphors and similes to develop his imagery.

Incorrect:Ray’s (or Mr. Bradbury’s) style is very descriptive and he uses many metaphors and similes to develop his imagery.

+Review

In other words, remember parts of a whole. The parts are in quotes and the whole is in italics.

“Parts” of a whole

+Quick Quiz

Yesterday, I watched the first episode of New Girl.

Have you read The Hunger Games Series? Catching Fire is my favorite.

For homework, we were assigned an article on the influence of technology called A Siri-us Disconnection. It was published in Readers Digest.

Have you heard Taylor Swift’s song Begin Again? It’s from her album Red.

I’m very excited to see the movie adaptation of Divergent.