Capitalising titles
key notes :
✨ Capitalising Titles ✨
When writing titles of books, movies, songs, articles, or essays, it’s important to capitalise correctly. Titles make your writing look neat and professional! 🖋️📚
| Capitalise the First and Last Words |
Always capitalise the first and last words of a title, no matter what they are.
Example:
- The Lion King 🦁👑
- A Tale of Two Cities 📖
| Capitalise Important Words |
Capitalise all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
Words like and, or, but, in, of, the are usually not capitalised unless they are the first or last word.
Example:
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 🧙♂️✨
- The Sound of Music 🎵🎶
| Do Not Capitalise Small Words |
Words like a, an, the, in, on, at, with, by, for, of, and, or, but are small words.
✅ Only capitalise if they are the first or last word in the title.
Example:
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth 🌍
- To Kill a Mockingbird 🐦
| Capitalise Verbs and Important Words |
All verbs are capitalised.
All important words that give meaning to the title are capitalised.
Example:
- Catching Fire 🔥
- The Great Gatsby 💫
| Use Capital Letters for Subtitles |
If a title has a subtitle separated by a colon (:), capitalise the subtitle like a title.
Example:
- The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition ✏️📖
| 🌟 Tips to Remember |
- Capitalise first & last words ✔️
- Capitalise important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) ✔️
- Don’t capitalise small words unless they are first/last ✔️
- Capitalise subtitles after a colon ✔️
| 📝 Fun Practice |
Try writing titles correctly:
- the lord of the rings
- harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
- the sound of music
Answer:
- The Lord of the Rings
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- The Sound of Music
Let’s practice!🖊️
