Transcript Quote? Italics? BOLD?

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Quote? Italics? BOLD?
When and how to notate titles
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Italics v. quotation marks
Use
QUOTE marks for things
that are SHORT
Use
ITALICS for things that
are LONG
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Examples of when to use quotes
 Poems “
Prometheus” by Lord Byron
 Songs “The
Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key
 Magazine
Articles “Learning from Lincoln’s Wisdom” by
William Kristol
 Short
Stories “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner
 Episodes
in a TV series: “The Trouble with Tribbles” in
Star Trek
 Chapters
Potter
within a book: “The Boy Who Lived” in Harry
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Examples of when to use italics
 Novels: Harry
Potter by J.K. Rowling
 Magazines: Time
 Television
Magazine
Series: Star Trek
 Movies: Shrek
 Ships: The
Monitor
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Other
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NEVER ON YOUR OWN TITLE
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Never use bold
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Only underline in handwritten essays (instead of italics)
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Capitalize all major words in titles (everything but a, an, the,
and, of, to)
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In writing, always refer to the author by LAST NAME. First name
is too casual, and you do not know him/her personally.
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Correct: Bradbury’s style is very descriptive and he uses many
metaphors and similes to develop his imagery.
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Incorrect:Ray’s (or Mr. Bradbury’s) style is very descriptive and
he uses many metaphors and similes to develop his imagery.
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Review
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In other words, remember parts of a whole. The parts are in
quotes and the whole is in italics.
“Parts” of a whole
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Quick Quiz
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Yesterday, I watched the first episode of New Girl.
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Have you read The Hunger Games Series? Catching Fire is
my favorite.
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For homework, we were assigned an article on the influence
of technology called A Siri-us Disconnection. It was
published in Readers Digest.
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Have you heard Taylor Swift’s song Begin Again? It’s from her
album Red.
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I’m very excited to see the movie adaptation of Divergent.