How to punctuate titles
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Short works and parts of long works are usually in “quotation marks”
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Long works and collections of short works are usually underlined or put in italics.
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"Short Works" & Long Works &
"Sections of Longer Works" Collection of Short Works
1) "Title of a Short Poem." Title of an Epic Poem or Book-Length Poem
Ex: "The Raven." Ex: The Odyssey
2) "Title of a Short Story." Title of a Novel
Ex: "Young Goodman Brown" Ex: The Scarlet Letter
3) "Title of an Essay" Title of a Collection or Anthology of Essays
Ex: "The Fiction of Langston Hughes" Ex: Modern Writers and Their Readers
4) "Title of a Short Song" Title of a CD, Cassette, or Album
"Money Talks" Ex: The Razor's Edge, by AC/DC.
Also: Title of a Ballet or Opera
Title of Long Classical or instrumental Compositions
5) "Title of a Skit or Monologue" Title of a Play
Ex: "Madman's Lament" Ex: The Importance of Being Ernest
6) "Short Commercial" Title of a Film
"Obey Your Thirst." Ex: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
7) Title of "Individual Episode" in a Title of a Television Series
Whole Television Series Ex: The Simpsons
"The Trouble With Tribbles" from Star Trek
8) "Title of a Chapter in a Book" Complete Book
9) "Encyclopedia Article" Title of the Encyclopedia
10) " Article in a Magazine" Title of the Magazine.
11) "Title of an Article in a Newspaper" Title of the Newspaper
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