Italics versus Quotation Marks

9/12/2013

A general guideline is to use quotation marks with short pieces of work such as articles, poems, and chapters. Use italics for titles of longer works, such as books, plays, and films.

Use Quotation Marks:

Article titles from magazines, newspapers, journals
Book Chapters
Essays
Poems
Short Stories
Songs
Specific episodes of radio programs
Specific episodes of TV shows
Specific pages within a website

Use Italics:

Aircraft
Album titles
Books
Dance Performances
Films/movie titles
Journals
Long Musical Compositions
Magazines
Newspapers
Online databases
Operas
Paintings
Pamphlets
Plays
Radio programs/broadcasts
Sculptures
Ships
Spacecraft
Television shows
Websites

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Italics versus Quotation Marks

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