Capitalizing and Punctuating Titles

The first and last words are __________________ in a title.

• NOT capitalized

• capitalized

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

• NOT capitalized

• capitalized

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

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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

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Which of the following would need quotation marks before and after it?

• poem

• newspaper

• magazine

• artwork

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Which of the following would need to be underlined?

• song

• magazine

• chapter

• article

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Which title is written correctly? (TV show)

• Bill Nye The Science Guy

• "Bill Nye the Science Guy"

• Bill Nye the Science Guy

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Which title is written correctly? (short story)

• A Sound of Thunder

• A Sound of Thunder

• "A Sound of Thunder"

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Which title is written correctly? (movie)

• Singin' in the Rain

• Singin' In The Rain

• "Singin' in the Rain"

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Which title is written correctly? (song)

• Can't Stop the Feeling

• "Can't Stop the Feeling"

• "Can't Stop The Feeling"

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