{"id":920,"date":"2022-04-21T12:04:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=920"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:34:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:34:20","slug":"e-mm-3-formatting-and-capitalising-titles-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-mm-3-formatting-and-capitalising-titles-review\/","title":{"rendered":"E- MM.3 Formatting and capitalising titles: review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Formatting and capitalising titles: review<\/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>What Is a Title?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>title<\/strong> tells what a book, story, poem, article, movie, or song is about.<br>It helps the reader understand the main idea and attracts attention. \ud83c\udfaf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udcd6 <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udfac <em>The Lion King<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Capitalisation Rules for Titles<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the <strong>Title Case<\/strong> rule \u2014 that means <strong>capitalize important words<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 <strong>Capitalize:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>first and last words<\/strong> of the title<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nouns<\/strong>, <strong>pronouns<\/strong>, <strong>verbs<\/strong>, <strong>adjectives<\/strong>, and <strong>adverbs<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subordinating conjunctions<\/strong> (like <em>Although, Because, When<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u274c <strong>Do not capitalize<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Articles<\/strong> (<em>a, an, the<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Short prepositions<\/strong> (<em>in, on, at, to, of, for<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Coordinating conjunctions<\/strong> (<em>and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unless they are the <strong>first or last word<\/strong> in the title!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Correct \u2705: <em>The Sound of Music<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorrect \u274c: <em>The sound Of Music<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Formatting Titles<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Different types of titles are <strong>formatted differently<\/strong> depending on what they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>Italicize or underline<\/strong> titles of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Movies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magazines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TV shows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\uddde\ufe0f <strong>Use quotation marks (\u201c \u201d)<\/strong> for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short stories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Songs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Articles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapters of books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book: <em>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poem: \u201cThe Road Not Taken\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Movie: <em>Avengers: Endgame<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Song: \u201cShape of You\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Common Mistakes to Avoid<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udeab Don\u2019t capitalize <em>every single word<\/em>.<br>\ud83d\udeab Don\u2019t use all capital letters (LIKE THIS) unless it\u2019s a design choice.<br>\ud83d\udeab Don\u2019t forget to italicize long works (books, films).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Do check style consistency \u2014 pick one rule and follow it throughout your writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Quick Practice<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Identify correct title formatting:<br>a) \u201cGone with The Wind\u201d \u274c<br>b) <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) \u201cA Dream Within A Dream\u201d \u274c<br>b) \u201cA Dream Within a Dream\u201d \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Summary<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Type<\/th><th>Formatting<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Books \/ Movies<\/td><td><em>Italics<\/em> or <strong>Underline<\/strong><\/td><td><em>The Jungle Book<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Songs \/ Poems<\/td><td>\u201cQuotation Marks\u201d<\/td><td>\u201cFirework\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Articles \/ Short Stories<\/td><td>\u201cQuotation Marks\u201d<\/td><td>\u201cThe Tell-Tale Heart\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TV Shows<\/td><td><em>Italics<\/em><\/td><td><em>Stranger Things<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Remember<strong>:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Capitalize the <strong>first, last, and important words<\/strong>.<br>\ud83d\udc49 Use <strong>italics<\/strong> for big works, <strong>quotes<\/strong> for short ones.<br>\ud83d\udc49 Be <strong>consistent and clear<\/strong> in 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A title tells what a book, story, poem, article, movie, or song is about.It helps the reader understand the main idea and attracts attention. \ud83c\udfaf Examples: Capitalisation Rules for Titles Follow the Title Case rule \u2014 that means capitalize important words. \u2705 Capitalize: \u274c<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-mm-3-formatting-and-capitalising-titles-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- MM.3 Formatting and capitalising titles: review&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18104,"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions\/18104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/9thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}