
Title Writing
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6th Grade
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Michael Pressley
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Title Writing
Which words do you CAPITALIZE?
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Book titles, headlines, and first-level headings are capitalized using title case, in which the first, last, and all major words are capitalized
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Lower-level headings are generally capitalized using sentence case, in which only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized.
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
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In title case, capitalize all words except articles, prepositions, coordinating conjunctions, and the word to. In sentence case, capitalize only the words you would in a sentence.
Title case: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Sentence case: The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Multiple Choice
Which type of title is this?
How to Be a Better Writer
sentence case
title case
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Multiple Choice
Which type of title is this?
How to be a better writer
sentence type
title case
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Here are the general rules for capitalizing headlines and titles of books, movies, reports, articles, and other works:
Capitalize the first word and last word of a title.
Capitalize all major words, which are all words except articles (a, an, the), prepositions (e.g., on, in, of, at), and coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but, and nor; also for, yet, and so when used as conjunctions
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Multiple Choice
Should you capitalize articles and prepostions?
yes
no
who cares
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Always lowercase the word 'to'.
Capitalize the first element of a hyphenated word. E.g The Evil Mother-in-law Comes to Town
Break a rule if you need to—for example, if a preposition is emphasized in a title, capitalize it.
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answer
long-term
Long-term
long-Term
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Fill in the Blanks
Change this to title case
the idea of perfection
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
Which word is incorrect?
How the Grinch stole christmas
Grinch
christmas
stole
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Which words do you CAPITALIZE?
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