Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last...
-
Upload
kendall-snipes -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
0
Transcript of Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last...
![Page 1: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Title Formats
NEC FACET Center
![Page 2: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Rule # 1: Capitalization
In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.
EXAMPLES: The Great Gatsby
Where the Red Fern Grows Approaching Literature in the 21st Century
![Page 3: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
In other words,
will not be capitalized unless 1. they appear as the first word in
a title2. they appear after a colon
![Page 4: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Example:
The Grapes of Wrath
“A Christmas Wish”
Rhetorical Reader: A Visual Approach
Writing Essentials: An MLA Handbook
![Page 5: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Also,
and but or nor for yet so
words
Conjunctionsare
“non-important”
(They should not be capitalized unless they appear after a colon.)
![Page 6: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
More “non-important words”
to, from of by at in, out with on, off
Do not capitalize prepositions
![Page 7: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Rule # 2: Proper Format
(Different titles use different formats.)
![Page 8: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Italicize these titles. . .
Book titles Newspaper titles
Magazine titles
Film titles
![Page 9: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
AND italicize these titles too . . .
TV programtitles
Play titles
Titles of musical worksTitles of software
![Page 10: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
ExamplesBook: Joy in the Morning
Newspaper: The New York Times
Magazine: ESPN
Film: Pride and Prejudice
T.V. Program: CSI
Play: The Taming of the Shrew
Software: Reading Comprehension
Long Musical Work: Eroica
![Page 11: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Use quotations with these titles. . .
Poem titles Short story titles
Essay titlesSong titles
Article titles
![Page 12: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Examples
Poem: “I’m Nobody! Who are You?”
Short Story: “Two Kinds”
Essay: “West Coast Discourse”
Article: “Religious Themes in Hawthorne’s Works”
Song: “Amazing Grace”
![Page 13: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Side note. . .
When using another source’s title, always copy it word for word.
![Page 14: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Example:
Source’s title: “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
“To My Loving Husband”
“To My Dear Husband”
“My Dear, Loving Husband”
These are not accurate!
![Page 15: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Word to the Wise
Do not put the title of your own essay in quotations
Maria SmithButlerEng 11135 May 2006
“Immorality in America”
This is wrong
![Page 16: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
This is correct. . .
Maria SmithButlerEng 11135 May 2006
Immorality in America
![Page 17: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Unless . . .
within your title, you are giving another author’s title.
Maria SmithButlerEng 11135 May 2006
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” title within a title
![Page 18: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
How to develop your own essay title
Be creative and to the point
The purpose of your essay isto show how cloning is unethical.
![Page 19: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
These titles are bland. . .
“Cloning”“Ethics of Cloning”
“Morals and Cloning”
![Page 20: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
These titles are enticing. . .
“Cloning: A Pandora’s Box”
“Eggs and Stem Cells: The Unethical Frontier”
![Page 21: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Summary of Rules
Capitalize the first word and all other major words.
Either use italicizing or quotations with a title depending upon the source.
Do not use underlining or quotation marks for your own titles.
If citing another source within your own title, use either italicizing or quotations depending upon that source.
![Page 22: Title Formats NEC FACET Center. Rule # 1: Capitalization In a title, capitalize the first word, last word, and all of the important words in between.](https://reader038.fdocuments.us/reader038/viewer/2022110303/5516741f5503461c658b495a/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
In other words,
Titles introduce an author’s work. . .
handle with care.