underlining/italics vs. quotation marks
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Underlining/Italics vs. Quotation Marks
Italics and Underlining
• Those using MLA (the Modern Language Association documentation format) will use Underlining
• Those using APA (the American Psychological Association documentation format) will use Italics
Italics and Underlining act in the same function
When do I underline/italicize?Item Example…
• Titles of Books• Plays• Magazines• Newspapers• Films• Television Programs• Radio Programs• Long Poems• Works of Visual Art• Comic Strips• Software• Websites• CD Album Titles
• American Psycho• Hamlet• Time• The Chicago Tribune• Resident Evil• The Cosby Show• LoveLine• Beowulf• The Mona Lisa• Dilbert• Excel• Barron’s Online• The White Album
When do I use quotation marks?
Item Example…
• Essays from journals, anthologies, etc.
• Articles from magazines, newspapers, etc.
• Short Stories• Short Poems• Songs• Television Program
Episodes
• “The Language of Advertising”
• “The Seven Deadly Ways to Kiss”
• “The Body”• “The Raven”• “Always”• “The One Who Got
Away”
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