Names and terms from the table of contents of the chicago manual of style online. If a title ends in a question mark, do not use a colon before the subtitle. Chapter names and songs are set between quotation marks. As for enclosing titles in quotation marks or italicizing them, you can get pretty far by following the bigheavy equals italics like books and smalllight equals quotes like poems generalizations, but associated press style doesnt italicize nothin and chicago style has layers of specificity and ifthen statements.
If im correct, the thinking behind this is that a song is usually part of an album or a play or some sort of larger work. Elements of a citation chicago style research guides at indiana. In chicago style, the titles of studies and articles are typically quoted. Formatting titles on twitter and facebook grammar girl. Italics and underlining are used to emphasize titles of books, poems, short. However, it wasnt that long ago that a song was a standalone work. Headlines and titles of works the chicago manual of style. The rule, from the chicago manual of style, is to italicize the titles of magazines, books, newspapers, academic journals, films, television shows, long poems. Therefore, use italics for play titles and quotation marks for titles of poems.
According to the chicago manual of style and the modern language association, titles of books and other complete works, such as newspapers and magazines, should be italicized. Book titles are usually put in the same category as other big, standalone, or complete bodies of work like newspapers, symphonies, or publications. Book and film titles, for example, can either be underlined or italicized. Titles of works editorial style guide purchase college. According to the chicago manual of style and the modern language association, titles of books and other complete works, such as. In mla titles of books are italicized not underlined. For instance, in your first sentence, cited as is very close to quoted as, which could justify the quotation marks.
So if abiding by either of those guides, youd italicize stephen king s the shining, just as you would vanity fair and the miami herald and appetite for destruction, if your protagonist is a guns n roses fan. You can get pretty far by following the bigheavy equals italics like books. When quoted in text or listed in a bibliography, titles of books, journals, plays, and other freestanding. Doesnt it make more sense to italicize song titles. Article and chapter titles titles of shorter works should be enclosed in double quotation marks. Titles in the text as well as in notes and bibliographies are treated with quotation marks or italics based on the type of work they name. A book title is written in italics, as is the title of a musical album. How to cite a book in chicago style format and examples. However, here is what the chicago manual of style says. A chicago book citation looks slightly different depending on which style you use. I prefer chicago style, which says you italicize titles of major works i. Style guides that prescribe the use of italics, such as the chicago.
Style guides that prescribe the use of italics, such as the chicago manual of style or the ama manual of style, say that titles of such works should be put into italics when appearing in text. Book and periodical titles titles of larger works should be italicized. The chicago manual of style says, when quoted in text or listed in a bibliography, titles of books, journals, plays, and other freestanding works are italicized. I constantly stuggle with how to format book titles and tv show names on twitter and facebook. In keeping with the chicago manual of style, italicize and capitalize titles of full length, freestanding works.
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