Quotation marks are used to enclose the titles of short poems, short stories, articles, essays, songs, sections of books, and episodes of television and radio programs.

“Dover Beach” moves from calmness to sadness. [poem]

Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” is about more than just quilts. [short story]

The Atlantic published an article entitled “Illiberal Education.” [article]

In “Photography,” Susan Sontag considers the role of photography in our society. [essay]

The Nature episode “Echo of the Elephants” portrays ivory hunters unfavorably. [television series episode]

Use italics rather than quotation marks for the titles of television series, magazines, movies, and other long works (see 47a).