- Titles
- A title is the specific name of a poem, book, song, television show, and many more.
Use the following chart to see how different titles are formatted.
| Title |
Format |
Example |
| Poem |
Quotation marks |
Robert Frost wrote the poem "Birches." |
| Short story |
Quotation marks |
“Important Man” is a short story. |
| Television show |
Italicize or underline |
America’s Funniest Home Videos shows funny clips.
America’s Funniest Home Videos shows funny clips. |
| Article |
Quotation marks |
The article “Tsunami Hits Japan” was printed in the newspaper. |
| Book |
Italicize or underline |
Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations.
Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations.
|
| Play |
Italicize |
Our high school is putting on the play Hamlet.
|
| Movie |
Italicize or underline |
Julie Andrews is the lead actor in Mary Poppins.
Julie Andrews is the lead actor in Mary Poppins.
|
Movie titles, books titles, and television shows should always be italicized or underlined. They are italicized when typed but underlined when written.
5th Grade Writing - Titles Lesson