IXL | Formatting and capitalizing titles

Which sentence is correct?

He didn't know the words to the song "make New Friends but Keep the Old."

He didn't know the words to the song "Make New Friends but Keep the Old."

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Which sentence is correct?

Mrs. Tyler bought Arianna the book "I Took the Moon for a Walk."

Mrs. Tyler bought Arianna the book I Took the Moon for a Walk.

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, article, or short story should be in quotation marks.

"You Are My Sunshine"

solution

A book should be in italics.

The correct title is I Took the Moon for a Walk.

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