Which sentence uses italics correctly?

A.

Have you ever heard the song This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie?

B.

A play called The Glass Menagerie is being revived on Broadway.

C.

Every winter, their family attends the ballet to see "The Nutcracker."

D.

I just finished reading the magazine article Predicting Weather Patterns.

Question

Which sentence uses italics correctly? 	
	
 
A.
	

Have you ever heard the song This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie?
	
 
B.
	

A play called The Glass Menagerie is being revived on Broadway.
	
 
C.
	

Every winter, their family attends the ballet to see "The Nutcracker."
	
 
D.
	

I just finished reading the magazine article Predicting Weather Patterns.

anonymous · Answer

help please

frizz · Answer

What words are italicized?

anonymous · Answer

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
The Glass Menagerie
"The Nutcracker."
 Predicting Weather Patterns.

frizz · Answer

Here: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/45/ This link should be able to justify what the answer should be.

anonymous · Answer

ok

frizz · Answer

Italicize the titles of magazines, books, newspapers, academic journals, films, television shows, long poems, plays, operas, musical albums, works of art, websites.

kyanthedoodle · Answer

This should help too! http://aldenschools.org/webpages/asobol/resources.cfm?subpage=853740 Sorry, I just love sharing that link with everyone.

anonymous · Answer

so would the answer be C?

kyanthedoodle · Answer

I think plays are supposed to be italicized.

frizz · Answer

Yes, play are supposed to be italicized.

anonymous · Answer

ok thank you! can you guys help with another?

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Yeah sure but let Frizz do it. He needs the medals.

frizz · Answer

I think I have a few minutes to help.

anonymous · Answer

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly? 	
	
 
A.
	Did you know the book "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was made into a movie?
	
 
B.
	Gina likes to recite the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.
	
 
C.
	There was a great article about bees in the "Chicago Tribune" this morning.
	
 
D.
	Mary Cassatt's painting "Summertime" shows a woman and a girl leaning over the edge of a boat.

anonymous · Answer

i think it is either b or c

frizz · Answer

http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/quotation-marks.html This site may be able to help you out more on that.

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Well certainly not C. Newspaper articles must be quoted but newspapers by themselves like the New York Times should be italicized.

frizz · Answer

Very true.

anonymous · Answer

so is it B?

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Indeed.

frizz · Answer

Indeed, and agreed.

anonymous · Answer

thanks!

anonymous · Answer

@Frizz can you give a medal to @KyanTheDoodle

frizz · Answer

Mhm.

anonymous · Answer

thank you for the help!

frizz · Answer

No problem, anytime.