Should Excerpts Be Italicized?
Titles of Full Works Like Books or Newspapers Should Be Italicized. Titles of Short Works Like Poems, Articles, Short Stories, or Chapters Should Be Put in...
Titles of full works like books or newspapers should be italicized. Titles of short works like poems, articles, short stories, or chapters should be put in quotation marks.
Do excerpts need quotation marks?
Because an excerpt is a quoted portion of a longer work, the excerpt is always contained within quotation marks.
What things should be italicized?
When to Use Italics for Titles
- Books and book-length poems.
- Academic journals (i.e., the journal title itself, not individual article titles)
- Magazines and newspapers.
- Movies, radio programs, and TV shows.
- Plays and other stage shows.
- Music albums and other published audio recordings.
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