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Understanding Italics and Quotation Marks: A Comprehensive Guide to Punctuation Usage

This guide explores the correct usage of italics and quotation marks, detailing their application in various contexts such as books, films, plays, and more. Learn how to properly format titles of different works, handle direct quotations, and follow punctuation rules, including where to place commas and periods. Whether you're writing essays, articles, or creative works, this resource will enhance your understanding of punctuation, ensuring clarity and correctness in your writing.

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Understanding Italics and Quotation Marks: A Comprehensive Guide to Punctuation Usage

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  1. Italics vs. Quotation Marks Chapter 27 – Other punctuation

  2. In General… ITALICS (underlining) QUOTATION MARKS • Books • Plays • Long Poems • Periodicals • Works of Art • Films • Radio/TV Series • Long Musical Works • Videos • Video & Computer Games • Comic Strips • Titles/Subtitles of short stories • Short poems • Essays • Articles • Parts of songs • Episode titles (TV/Radio) • Chapters/parts of books

  3. In addition… ITALICS (underlining) QUOTATION MARKS • Trains – Orient Express • Ships • Aircraft – Enola Gay • Spacecraft – Challenger • Words, letters, symbols referred to • Foreign words • Slang words • Invented words • Technical terms • Dictionary definitions • Any Expressions unusal to English • Direct quotations

  4. Direct Quotations • Use “…” to enclose EXACT words from a speaker or text • Generally begins with a CAPITAL letter • Unless writing only PART of the quoted sentence • The speaker stated that the corpse was “a vile thing.” • Unless a quoted sentence is interrupted, the 2nd part is lowercase • “Please read through chapter 13,” explained Mrs. Krabill, “and we will have a discussion tomorrow.” • Set off from rest of sentence with a comma, question mark, or exclamation. NOT A PERIOD!

  5. Direct Quotations (con’t) • Other punctuation rules for direct quotes • Commas and periods are placed INSIDE closing quotes • Semicolons and colons are placed OUTSIDE closing quotes • Question marks and exclamation points are dependent on if they are part of the quote or not • My mom asked me, “Are you getting up today?” • “Did MLK, Jr., say, ‘I have a dream’?”

  6. Direct Quotations (con’t) • Dialogue: direct quotes between two or more people = change paragraphs for each new speaker • When direct quote is more than one paragraph, use a quote at the beginning of each AND at the end of the whole thing. • Examples – pg. 362 • Use single quotes for a quote in a quote • The teacher said, “Please tell me what Victor meant when he said, ‘I felt the bitterness of disappointment’.”

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