Italics & Quotes

using with sources

italics

when to use italics

for longer works that are made up of several parts
never use italics and underlining at the same time

italicize the following

titles of magazines
books
newspapers
academic journals
films
television shows
musical albums
works of art
websites
individual trains, planes, or ships
certain types of literature: long poems -- plays of three or more acts -- operas

how to use italics

If handwriting the text, underline it.
When typing it, use italics command and the text will look slanted.
Click control-I or on an Apple device, command-I.

quotation marks

use quotation marks

for shorter works
never use quotes and italics at the same time

quotation marks for the following

short poems
song titles
short stories
magazine article
newspaper article
essays
speeches
chapter titles
short films
episodes of a television show
episode of a radio shows

how to use quotation marks

Put the opening quotes, the words, and then closing quotes.
They come in sets, so each has a partner.
Do not space after the opening quotes; it goes right next to the first letter of whatever you are writing/typing.
If ending a sentence with the closing quotes, the period is typically inside the closing quotation marks. Example: "I ate a pizza."

practice exercises

Italics or Quotes in QUIA

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