X. Italicizing and Underlining

A) Use italics or underlining for titles of books, long poems, and plays.

For example:

Beloved   (books)    To Kill a Mockingbird

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner   (long poems)    The Odyssey

Death of a Salesman   (plays)    Much Ado About Nothing

Note: Titles of sacred documents and legal or public documents are capitalized but not set in italics

For example:

the Bible      Book of Ruth       the Koran       the Magna Carta        the Bill of Rights   

B) Use italics for newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals.

For example:

the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel        Time        Architecture Digest       

C) Use italics for works of art, long musical works, movies, and broadcast shows (radio or television)

For example:

Picasso's Guernica            Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4   

Star Wars          Seinfeld           A Prairie Home Companion