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Note: citations do not have their own rules for quotation marks and italics, rather standard rules are applied to citations. The lists below are the ones used in Mrs. Whisenhunt's language arts classes in eighth grade and should be familiar to most students.
Note: citations do not have their own rules for quotation marks and italics, rather standard rules are applied to citations. The lists below are the ones used in Mrs. Whisenhunt's language arts classes in eighth grade and should be familiar to most students.
Punctuation with Quotation Marks and Italics
Punctuation with Quotation Marks and Italics
Below are items that should be enclosed in quotation marks:
Below are items that should be enclosed in quotation marks:
A person's exact words
Titles of short stories
Titles of articles
Chapter titles
Titles of episodes in a television series
Titles of poems
Song titles (note: the name of the album the songs are in would be italicized)
Puns!
Students, you may use the grammar book in the Language Arts room to refresh your understanding of the punctuation rules.
Below are items that should be written in italics:
Below are items that should be written in italics:
Titles of books
Titles of plays
Titles of movies
Titles of operas and other long musical compositions
Titles of works of art
Titles of long poems, such as epic poetry (The Iliad, The Odyssey)
Ship names
Words you are emphasizing or stressing in conversation
Titles of newspapers, magazines, journals, and other periodicals
Names of television series
The above lists are not exhaustive. When something does not fit exactly, determine the list to which it is most similar or consider it may not merritt special treatment.
The above lists are not exhaustive. When something does not fit exactly, determine the list to which it is most similar or consider it may not merritt special treatment.
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