Formatting and capitalising titles

Key Notes:

📚 Formatting and Capitalising Titles ✨

What is a Title?

A title is the name of a book, story, article, or movie.

• Example: Charlotte’s Web 🕷️🐖
• Example: The Lion King 🦁👑

Capitalising Titles ✍️

When writing titles, always capitalise important words:

• Capitalize: Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs
• Do NOT capitalize: Articles (a, an, the), conjunctions (and, or, but), prepositions (in, on, at) unless they are the first or last word

Example:

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 🧙‍♂️✨
• Alice in Wonderland 🐇🍄

Formatting Titles 🖊️

Books, movies, and newspapers: Italics or underline

• Example: Matilda or Matilda 📖

Short stories, poems, songs, articles: Use quotation marks

• Example: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” 🌟🎶

Rules to Remember ✅

• Always capitalize the first and last word of a title. 🏁
• Use capital letters for all main words. ✨
• Do not capitalize small words like “and, in, the” unless they start or end the title. 🚫
• Use italics or quotation marks depending on the type of work. 🖋️

Fun Practice Activity 🎯

Correct these titles:

1. the little prince
2. charlie and the chocolate factory
3. a tale of two cities

Answer Key:

1. The Little Prince 👑
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 🍫
3. A Tale of Two Cities 🌆