Punctuation of Short Story and Document Titles
Punctuation of Short Story and Document Titles
Punctuation of Short Story and Document Titles
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Common Core Language Standard 2
Punctuation of short stories and document titles includes proper capitalization and quotation marks.
Today’s mechanics lesson is on how to punctuate short story and document titles.
Now let’s read the mechanics lesson and study the examples.
Place quotation marks before and after the titles of short stories and documents. Short stories and documents are parts of whole things, small things, or things that can’t be picked up from a table. A document is a written record that provides official information or evidence.
Examples: “The Most Dangerous Game” “Your Rights as a Consumer”
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to mechanics lesson.
Practice: Her short story was titled “Into My Arms.” The main character finds the lost document titled “Birth Certificate of Tim Martin.”
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Mechanics Practice Answers: Her short story was titled “Into My Arms.” The main character finds the lost document titled “Birth Certificate of Tim Martin.”
Now let’s apply what we have learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using the title of a short story and a document title.
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