Italics are used for large works, names of vehicles, and movie and television show titles. Quotation marks are reserved for sections of works, like the titles of chapters, magazine articles, poems, and short stories. How do you write the title of an article in an essay? A general rule ofRead More →
When using the word ‘department’ (or ‘group’, ‘committee’, and the like) as part of a recognized name it would be capitalized: Bill recently joined the Advertising Department. If using ‘department’ not as part of a specific name it would be lower case: We had a party to welcome Bill toRead More →
The classic convention for titling an image is to identify the subject (name the person, place or thing) and add the date of creation: if it’s a photograph use the date of exposure; if it’s a painting use the date of completion; if it’s a composite photograph default to theRead More →
Grade levels in school are generally capitalized if the word grade precedes the ordinal number of the grade such as in Grade 8. This is also the case when a grade level is used in a title or headline since most words are capitalized. Is Grade 7 capitalized? Capitalize GradeRead More →
Capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title of the entry and the title of the encyclopedia or dictionary. Don’t include the place of publication or a publisher for an online encyclopedia or dictionary. How do you quote an encyclopedia in a paper? Format. Author’s Last Name,Read More →
The title of an article is not italicized in MLA style, but placed in quotation marks. This applies to articles from journals, newspapers, websites, or any other publication. Use italics for the title of the source where the article was published. Do you underline the title of an article inRead More →
List the author’s last name first, followed by a comma and the first name. Italicize the book title and subtitle, if any. Do you italicize collection titles? Titles of collections are neither italicized nor put in quotes. … That is, periodicals or complete works are italicized; articles or sections ofRead More →