Formatting titles

The title of a book, film, play, TV  program, magazine, or newspaper should be in italics. If you write it by hand, it can be underlined instead.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The title of a poemsong or short story should be in quotation marks.

‘You Are My Sunshine’

Learn with an example

  • ‘Hold Me Near’
  • Hold Me Near

A song should be in quotation marks.

The correct title is ‘Hold Me Near’.

  • ‘The Sword in the Stone’
  • The Sword in the Stone

A film should be in italics.

The correct title is The Sword in the Stone.

  • ‘Strong to the Hoop’
  • Strong to the Hoop

A book should be in italics.

The correct title is Strong to the Hoop.

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