Formatting titles
Key Notes:
The title of a book, film, play, TV program, magazine, or newspaper should be in italics. If you write it by hand, it can be underlined instead.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The title of a poem, song, or short story should be in quotation marks.
‘You Are My Sunshine’
Learn with an example
ð¥Which correctly shows the title of a song?
- ‘Hold Me Near’
- Hold Me Near
A song should be in quotation marks.
The correct title is ‘Hold Me Near’.
ð¥Which correctly shows the title of a film?
- ‘The Sword in the Stone’
- The Sword in the Stone
A film should be in italics.
The correct title is The Sword in the Stone.
ð¥Which correctly shows the title of a book?
- ‘Strong to the Hoop’
- Strong to the Hoop
A book should be in italics.
The correct title is Strong to the Hoop.
let’s practice!