IXL | Formatting and capitalizing titles

Which sentence is correct?

There was a long line to see the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.

There was a long line to see the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

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question

Which sentence is correct?

The man searched for the article "Life on the moon?"

The man searched for the article "Life on the Moon?"

key idea

In a title, capitalize the first word, the last word, and every important word in between.

The Wind in the Willows	James and the Giant Peach

These words are not important in titles:

Articles, a, an, the

Short prepositions, such as at, by, for, in, of, on, to, up

Coordinating conjunctions, such as and, but, or

The title of a book, movie, play, TV show, magazine, or newspaper should be in italics. If you write it by hand, it can be underlined instead.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The title of a poem, song, or article should be in quotation marks.

"You Are My Sunshine"

solution

Capitalize the first word, the last word, and every important word in between. The words on and the are not important, so they should not be capitalized.

The correct title is "Life on the Moon?"

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