Formatting and capitalizing titles: review

Learning Objectives Differentiate between works requiring italics and works requiring quotation marks. Correctly apply title case capitalization to any given title. Identify and capitalize all major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) in a title. Identify and correctly handle minor words (articles, short prepositions, conjunctions) in a title. Format titles with subtitles, including the use of a colon. Integrate properly formatted titles into their own analytical sentences. Proofread and correct errors in title formatting. Ever wonder why a book title is in italics like *The Hunger Games*, but a short story is in quotes like "The Lottery"? 🤔 Let's crack the code of academic title formatting! This tutorial will review the essential rules for capitalizing...

TermDefinitionExample Title CaseThe standard capitalization convention for titles, where you capitalize the first word, the last word, and all 'major' words in between.The Catcher in the Rye (Note that 'in' and 'the' are not capitalized as they are minor words). Major WordsNouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and subordinating conjunctions (like 'Although', 'Because'). These words are always capitalized in title case unless they are the first or last word.In the title *A Wrinkle in Time*, the major words are 'Wrinkle' and 'Time'. Minor WordsShort words that are not capitalized unless they are the first or last word of a title. These include articles (a, an, the), short prepositions (of, to, in, on, with), and co...

The Capitalization Rule (Title Case) 1. Capitalize the first and last word. 2. Capitalize all major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns). 3. Do NOT capitalize minor words (articles, short prepositions, coordinating conjunctions) that fall in the middle. This is the universal standard for capitalizing titles in academic writing. It ensures consistency and readability. The Container Rule: Italics vs. Quotation Marks Use italics for the title of the 'container' (the larger, standalone work). Use quotation marks for the title of the work 'contained' within it. Think of it this way: you find a song ("a contained work") on an album (*a container*). You find a short story ("a contained work") in an anthology (*a container*). Yo...