61. Indicate genre by the title

61. Indicate genre by the title:

For the titles of

novels,

epic poems,

plays,

films,

scholarly usage prefers italics with capitalized initials.

-Omit initial “A” or “The” from titles when you place the possessive before them.

Correct: Ernest Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea is a great novel.

Correct: In The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway explores the power of nature to overwhelm humans.

Correct: John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost is the definitive work of English Literature.

Correct: The film At Play in the Fields of the Lord questions the value of influencing indigenous cultures.

Place titles of

poems,

short stories,

nonfiction essays

in quotations:

Correct: “After Apple Picking” is a poem by Robert Frost.

Correct: “The Bear” is a short story by William Faulkner.