(This grammar note and other notes can be found under the “workbox” section of the class site.   It’s hard to see in the top tab section because it appears on the white part, but you can also access it via the left side bar).

 

6.   All titles should be capitalized.  As a rule (unless it is the first word in the title) you do not need to capitalize articles or prepositions.   Titles to novels, newspapers, journals, plays, collections of poetry should  be either underlined or put in italics.  Titles to poems, articles, short stories, or any smaller piece that will be found under the title of a larger collection should be put in quotations.

For Example:  The Adventures of Alice and Wonderland  or The Adventures of Alice and Wonderland

not:  “The Adventures of Alice and Wonderland” (issue with underlining/italics) or the adventures of alice and wonderland (issue with capitalization) or The Adventures Of Alice And Wonderland (issue with over capitalizing).

For Example:  “Little Annie’s Ramble”

not:  Little Annie’s Ramble or Little Annie’s Ramble or “little annie’s ramble”

For more on when to underline, italicize or use quotation marks check out:   https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Punctuating_Titles_chart.pdf and  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/italics.htm (this site thinks about when to use italics in general, which can be helpful)