Titles and Capitalization

How do you punctuated the title of a play?

• Use quotation marks

• Italicize it.

Answer explanation

Generally, it takes longer than 15-30 minutes to watch or read a play.

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Which title is punctuated and capitalized correctly?

• The Simpsons

• The Simpsons

• "The Simpsons"

• the simpsons

Answer explanation

TV show titles are italicized because they are considered a long-form of writing.

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Which is correct?

• I read the Corry Journal every day.

• I read the "Corry Journal" every day.

• I read the Corry journal every day.

• I read the Corry Journal every day.

Answer explanation

Newspapers are long--they contain small pieces whose titles are enclosed in quotations.

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How do you punctuate the title of a fairy tale?

• Use italics

• Use quotation marks

• Underline it

Answer explanation

A fairy tale is short, so you use quotation marks around it.

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Which is correct for the title of this song by the Beatles?

• Let It Be

• Let It Be

• "Let It Be"

• let it be

Answer explanation

Once, I had a friend who could sing this song in English, Spanish, and French.

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CCSS.L.2.2C

When you are writing by hand, how do you punctuate the title of a movie?

• Capitalize it only

• Underline it

• Italicize it

• Use quotations

Answer explanation

When I was in seventh grade, the only movie my mom let me watch at the theater was Mary Poppins. My friends were allowed to watch movies like Grease and Dirty Dancing.

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Do you have to capitalize the pronoun I when you use it in a contraction (I'm or i'm)?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

The pronoun I is always capitalized.

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What words should be capitalized in this book title?

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

• I know why the caged bird sings

• I know why the caged bird Sings

• "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

Answer explanation

This book title is also the line in a poem.

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Which version of this book title is correct?

• Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

• Alexander And The Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

• Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

• "Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"

Answer explanation

My girls loved this book as much as I did.

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Which words are NOT capitalized in a title (unless they are the first or last words)?

• a, an, the

• is, am, are, was

• red, yellow, green

• man, woman, child

Answer explanation

Is, am, are, and was are examples of linking verbs.

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