PUNCTUATION Slanting Titles (italicizing) andQuotation Marks around Titles

Italicizing •Italicizing is the slant put on certain titles. •Vogue•Huckleberry Finn•Moby Dick•A Brave New World•But, some are in quotation marks•“The Raven”•“Picasso’s “Guerenica”

•But, how do you tell?

When to Italicize Titles•Italicize larger works

▫Books Gone with the Wind

▫Movies Jaws 3

▫Plays Much Ado About Nothing

▫Magazines Entertainment Weekly

▫Newspapers Wall Street Journal

When to put Quotation Marks around Titles.

•Put Quotation Marks around smaller works▫Poems

“The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe▫Song Titles

My favorite song is “Yellow Submarine.”▫Paintings

“Nude Descending a Staircase” by Venus de Milo▫Articles / Essays

The article “Student Safety” was enlightening. ▫TV Shows

I watched “Wheel of Fortune” last night.