Formatting titles

Learning Objectives Identify titles of long works (like books and movies) and short works (like poems and articles). Differentiate between titles that need underlining and titles that need quotation marks. Correctly capitalize the important words in a title. Apply underlining to the titles of books and movies in handwritten sentences. Apply quotation marks to the titles of poems, short stories, and articles. Proofread sentences to find and fix errors in title formatting. Have you ever wondered why the title of a movie on a poster looks different from a song title in a magazine? 🤔 Let's become title detectives and uncover the secrets! In this lesson, you will learn the special rules for writing titles. Knowing how to format titles correctly shows your reader exactly wh...

TermDefinitionExample TitleThe special name given to a creative work, like a book, movie, song, or poem.The title of the book is _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_. FormattingThe special way we write a title to make it stand out, using capitalization, underlining, or quotation marks.Correct formatting helps us see that "Let It Go" is a song title. CapitalizationUsing an uppercase (big) letter for the first, last, and all important words in a title.In the title _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_, the small word 'the' is not capitalized. UnderliningA line drawn under the title of a long work when you are handwriting. When typing, this is replaced by *italics*.When writing by hand, you would write the movie title as _The Incredibles_. Quotation MarksPunctuation marks...

The Long Work Rule: Underline It! Underline the titles of long works (books, movies, magazines, TV shows, video games). Use this rule when you are handwriting and talking about a big, standalone piece of work. If you are typing, you would use *italics* instead of underlining. The Short Work Rule: Quote It! Put quotation marks around the titles of short works (poems, songs, short stories, articles, chapters). Use this rule for smaller works that are often found inside a bigger collection. Think of the quotation marks as little hands holding the title. The Capitalization Rule: Important Words Only Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all 'important' words in a title. Do not capitalize small words (like a, an, the, and, but, or, for, in, on) unless they...