Literary Analysis and
Composition 2014-2015
Wednesday, April 8
GUM 13.1
GUM 13.1
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What are our lesson objectives?
What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson?
I will be able to:
Italicize or underline the titles of long written or musical
works.
Italicize or underline the titles of paintings and sculptures.
Italicize or underline letters, numbers, and words used to
represent themselves.
Italicize or underline the names of airplanes, ships, trains,
and spacecrafts.
Use quotation marks to enclose the titles of chapters,
articles, stories, one-act plays, most poems, and songs.
When do I use italics?
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Now that we have learned how to capitalize and use end marks and
commas, it's time for us to deepen our punctuation skills. By
learning to use italics and quotation marks, we will become able to
correctly punctuate dialogue for stories of our own as well as quote
passages correctly and refer to a variety of literary and academic
titles in reports and essays.
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This lesson reviews the conventions for italicizing (underlining)
titles, numbers, letters, and words that represent themselves.
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Letters Yes, she dots every i with a little heart.
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Numbers Be careful; these 4s look like 9s.
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Words, Phrases Do not confuse accept and except.
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Foreign words The word adios means "good-bye" in Spanish.
When do I use quotation marks?
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Among the titles that should be italicized are the names of books,
newspapers, periodicals, plays, movies, book-length poems, radio
and television series, long musical works, works of art, ships,
planes, and other crafts.
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Gone with the Wind, Chicago Tribune, Time, Cats, Bambi,
Evangeline, Star Trek, La Traviata, Sunflowers, Titanic, Eagle
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Titles that should be placed in quotation marks include the names
of chapters, articles, stories, one-act plays, short poems, and songs.
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"The Revolutionary War," "Fall Fashion: Shine and Sheer," "The
Three Bears," "An Incident in June," "The Tyger,“ "Happy
Birthday"
Let’s Practice!
• Add quotation marks or underlining where needed.
• 1. The Roots of Old Verse is the lead article in the Atlantic
Literary Journal.
• 2. The familiar lullaby Rock-a-Bye Baby dates from the
Elizabethan period.
• 3. Ring Around the Roses is an old rhyme from the Middle
Ages.
• 4. Did you read the chapter called Early Children’s Poetry in
the book English Poems and Commentary?
• 5. No, I read Mending Wall in the book Selected Poems of
Robert Frost.
Let’s Practice!
• Add quotation marks or underlining where needed.
• 6. I read an article about him called Frost’s New England in
Newsweek.
• 7. Two of Robert Frost’s most famous poems are Birches and
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.
• 8. Do you know the song I Can’t Choose by John Knight?
• 9. It is based on The Road Not Taken, which was also
written by Frost.
• 10. There is a great paragraph about his works in the
chapter called American Poets in the book Writers to
Remember.