Write Right Rule

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Write Right Rule 1Titles

• Sophomore English
• Mountain Pointe High School

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Titles, Titles, Titles

• Those pesky titles!
• What do I capitalize?
• When do I underline?
• When do I put them in quotation marks?
• What a conundrum!

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What Do I Capitalize?

• The words a, an, and the are only capitalized
  when they are the FIRST word of a title.
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• The Owl and the Pussycat

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What Do I Capitalize?

• Conjunctions (and, but, or, for, so, and yet) are
  only capitalized when they are the FIRST word of
  a title.

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What Do I Capitalize?

• Prepositions (on, in, under, around, etc.) are
  only capitalized when they are the FIRST word of
  a title OR when they have five or more letters.

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When to Underline/Italicize

• If a work is long in length, such as a novel,
  then its title is Underlined if handwritten or
  placed in Italics if typed.
• Romeo and Juliet (handwritten)
• Romeo and Juliet (typed)
• On the shelf!
• If a title is long enough or large enough,
  place it on the shelf

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Titles Are Tricky Too!

• Titles of government or religious documents DO
  NOT get underlined OR italicized OR placed in
  quotation marks. They are only capitalized
• The Bible
• The Magna Carta
• The Declaration of Independence

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• Kansas city times (newspaper, magazine)

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• kansas city times (newspaper, magazine)
• Kansas City Times

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• willie wonka and the chocolate factory (movie)

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• willie wonka and the chocolate factory (movie)
• Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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• a farewell to arms (novel)

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• a farewell to arms (novel)
• A Farewell to Arms

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• twelfth night (play)

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• twelfth night (play)
• Twelfth Night

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• sesame street (TV Show)

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• sesame street (TV Show)
• Sesame Street

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• the best of the beach boys (CD)

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• the best of the beach boys (CD)
• The Best of the Beach Boys

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• the koran (religious document)

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• the koran (religious document)
• The Koran
• Notice no italics

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• woman at the well (work of art)

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• woman at the well (work of art)
• Woman at the Well

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What About Quotation Marks?

• If a work is short in length, such as a poem,
  then its title is placed in Quotation Marks
• On the hooks
• If the title is part of a larger work, such as a
  song, poem, article it is small enough to be
  hung on the hooks.

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• the unicorn in the garden (short story)

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• the unicorn in the garden (short story)
• The Unicorn in the Garden

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• fire and ice (poem)

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• fire and ice (poem)
• Fire and Ice

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• whats goin on? (song)

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• whats goin on? (song)
• Whats Goin On

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• marco polo journey to china (essay)

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• marco polo journey to china (essay)
• Marco Polo Journey to China

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• jerrys high school reunion (TV episode)

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• jerrys high school reunion (TV episode)
• Jerrys High School Reunion

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• searching for freedom (article)

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• searching for freedom (article)
• Searching for Freedom

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• in search of a new frontier (chapter in book)

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• in search of a new frontier (chapter in book)
• In Search of a New Frontier