Formatting titles means writing the names of books, articles, stories, poems, plays, and other works correctly, using capitalization, underlining, italics, or quotation marks as needed.
Different kinds of titles follow different rules. Always check what type of work you are writing about.
Titles of books, novels, movies, television shows, and other long works should be written in italics when typed or underlined when handwritten.
When handwriting, use underlining instead of italics because italics are hard to show with pen or pencil.
Titles of poems, short stories, songs, and articles should be placed inside quotation marks.
Quotation marks show that the title belongs to a smaller piece that is part of something larger.
Capitalize the first word, the last word, and all important words in a title. Do not capitalize small words like a, an, the, and, in, or of, unless they are the first or last word.
Think of capitalization in titles as giving extra importance to the main words so the title looks correct and professional.
When writing, titles should always stand out correctly within a sentence, following the rules for italics, underlining, or quotation marks.
Always make sure your titles follow the correct format inside your writing, not just when they stand alone.