Punctuation of Book Chapter Titles
Punctuation of Book Chapter Titles
Punctuation of Book Chapter Titles
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Common Core Language Standard 2
Authors use book chapter titles for a variety of purposes. In a textbook the chapter title usually deals with the main topic of that chapter. In a story the book chapter title may be descriptive about what will take place in that chapter, such as with J. K. Rowling’s “The Goblin’s Revenge” from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows or something that makes you want to keep reading, such as with “A Surprising Ghost” in Lynne Reid Banks’ The Key to the Indian.
Today’s mechanics lesson is on how to punctuate book chapter titles. Remember that we underline or italicize the titles of books.
Now let’s read the mechanics lesson and study the examples.
Place quotation marks before and after the titles of book chapters. Book chapter titles are parts of whole things, small things, or things that can’t be picked up from a table. Example: “Last Time”
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to mechanics lesson.
Practice: I just read the last chapter in the book titled “A Fitting End.” The first chapter was titled A Fitting Beginning.
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Mechanics Practice Answers: I just read the last chapter in the book titled “A Fitting End.” The first chapter was titled “A Fitting Beginning.”
Now let’s apply what we’ve learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using a book title and a book chapter title.
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