{"id":918,"date":"2022-04-21T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=918"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:18:37","slug":"e-mm-2-formatting-titles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-mm-2-formatting-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"E- MM.2 Formatting titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Formatting titles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Capitalize Important Words<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always <strong>capitalize<\/strong> the <strong>first and last word<\/strong> in a title.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capitalize <strong>major words<\/strong> such as <strong>nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 <em>Example:<\/em> \u27a1\ufe0f <strong>The Secret Life of Bees<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Don\u2019t Capitalize Short Words<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do <strong>not<\/strong> capitalize <strong>articles (a, an, the)<\/strong>, <strong>prepositions (in, on, at, of, to)<\/strong>, or <strong>conjunctions (and, but, or)<\/strong> unless they are the <strong>first or last word<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 <em>Example:<\/em> \u27a1\ufe0f <strong>A Walk in the Park<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Use Italics or Underline for Big Works<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>italics<\/strong> (or <em>underline<\/em> if handwritten) for <strong>long works<\/strong> such as:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udcd6 <em>Books<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udfac <em>Movies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udfb5 <em>Albums<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udcf0 <em>Newspapers or Magazines<\/em><br>\u2705 <em>Example:<\/em> \u27a1\ufe0f <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> or <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong> Use Quotation Marks for Short Works<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use <strong>quotation marks (&#8221; &#8220;)<\/strong> for <strong>shorter works<\/strong>, such as:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83e\uddfe <em>Articles<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udfb6 <em>Songs<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd8b\ufe0f <em>Poems<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udcfa <em>TV Episodes<\/em><br>\u2705 <em>Example:<\/em> \u27a1\ufe0f \u201cA Dream Within a Dream\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Be Consistent<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Choose <strong>one style<\/strong> (italics or underline) and use it <strong>throughout your writing<\/strong>.<br>\u2705 <em>Good:<\/em> <em>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/em><br>\ud83d\udeab <em>Bad:<\/em> <em>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Title Case Format<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the <strong>Title Case Rule<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Capitalize <strong>First + Last + Important Words<\/strong><br>\u2705 <em>Example:<\/em> <strong>The Wind in the Willows<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Avoid All Caps or All Lowercase<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Don\u2019t write titles in <strong>ALL CAPS<\/strong> or <strong>all lowercase<\/strong>.<br>\ud83d\udeab <em>Example:<\/em> the great gatsby<br>\u2705 <em>Example:<\/em> The Great Gatsby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Practice Makes Perfect<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Try formatting different types of titles correctly!<br>\ud83c\udfac <em>Movie:<\/em> <em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em><br>\ud83c\udfb5 <em>Song:<\/em> \u201cShape of You\u201d<br>\ud83d\udcd6 <em>Book:<\/em> <em>The Hunger Games<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Type of Work<\/th><th>Formatting Style<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Book<\/td><td><em>Italics<\/em> or <em>Underline<\/em><\/td><td><em>The Hobbit<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Poem<\/td><td>\u201cQuotation Marks\u201d<\/td><td>\u201cThe Road Not Taken\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Movie<\/td><td><em>Italics<\/em><\/td><td><em>Inception<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Song<\/td><td>\u201cQuotation Marks\u201d<\/td><td>\u201cLet It Go\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Article<\/td><td>\u201cQuotation Marks\u201d<\/td><td>\u201cThe Science of Sleep\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-large-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#d90000\">let&#8217;s practice! \ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/79234\/122\/664\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-77.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-77.png 500w, https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-77-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-77-150x150.png 150w\" 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