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Setting Off Titles

For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles.

For help with this exercise, see section 33c of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel, Little House in the Big Woods, when she was sixty-five years old.
A. Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel, Little House in the Big Woods, when she was sixty-five years old.
B. Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel, “Little House in the Big Woods,” when she was sixty-five years old.
D. Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel, Little House In The Big Woods, when she was sixty-five years old.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel, Little House in the Big Woods, when she was sixty-five years old.
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Lawrence Durrell’s essay Reflections on Travel appears in his book Spirit of Place.
A. Lawrence Durrell’s essay Reflections on Travel appears in his book “Spirit of Place.”
B. Lawrence Durrell’s essay Reflections on Travel appears in his book Spirit of Place.
C. Lawrence Durrell’s essay “Reflections on Travel” appears in his book Spirit of Place.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Lawrence Durrell’s essay Reflections on Travel appears in his book Spirit of Place.
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O, the Oprah magazine, has a section titled Something to Think About, which allows readers to comment on the issue’s theme.
A. O, the Oprah magazine, has a section titled “Something to Think About,” which allows readers to comment on the issue’s theme.
B. O, the Oprah Magazine, has a section titled “Something to Think About,” which allows readers to comment on the issue’s theme.
C. O, the Oprah Magazine, has a section titled Some-thing to Think About, which allows readers to comment on the issue’s theme.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - O, the Oprah magazine, has a section titled Something to Think About, which allows readers to comment on the issue’s theme.
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The Swimmer is one of the many humorous and moving short stories in The Stories of John Cheever.
A. The Swimmer is one of the many humorous and moving short stories in The Stories of John Cheever.
B. “The Swimmer” is one of the many humorous and moving short stories in The Stories of John Cheever.
C. “The Swimmer” is one of the many humorous and moving short stories in The Stories of John Cheever.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - The Swimmer is one of the many humorous and moving short stories in The Stories of John Cheever.
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Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith was praised in a review in The New York Times.
A. Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith was praised in a review in The New York Times.
B. Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith was praised in a review in The New York Times.
C. Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith was praised in a review in The New York Times.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith was praised in a review in The New York Times.
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The poem Kismet by Diane Ackerman is featured in The Art and Craft of Poetry by Michael Bugeja.
A. The poem “Kismet” by Diane Ackerman is featured in The Art and Craft of Poetry by Michael Bugeja.
B. The poem “Kismet” by Diane Ackerman is featured in “The Art and Craft of Poetry” by Michael Bugeja.
C. The poem “Kismet” by Diane Ackerman is featured in The Art and Craft of Poetry by Michael Bugeja.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - The poem Kismet by Diane Ackerman is featured in The Art and Craft of Poetry by Michael Bugeja.
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Although The Star-Spangled Banner is a popular American anthem, God Bless America is being sung more and more these days.
A. Although “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a popular American anthem, God Bless America is being sung more and more these days.
B. Although The Star-Spangled Banner is a popular American anthem, “God Bless America” is being sung more and more these days.
C. Although “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a popular American anthem, “God Bless America” is being sung more and more these days.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Although The Star-Spangled Banner is a popular American anthem, God Bless America is being sung more and more these days.
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Heather Mills McCartney impressed everyone by dancing well despite her artificial leg on Dancing With the Stars.
A. Heather Mills McCartney impressed everyone by dancing well despite her artificial leg on Dancing With the Stars.
B. Heather Mills McCartney impressed everyone by dancing well despite her artificial leg on Dancing with the Stars.
C. Heather Mills McCartney impressed everyone by dancing well despite her artificial leg on “Dancing With the Stars.”

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Heather Mills McCartney impressed everyone by dancing well despite her artificial leg on Dancing With the Stars.
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Colonial Society is a chapter in the history textbook The American Past.
A. “Colonial Society” is a chapter in the history textbook The American Past.
B. Colonial Society is a chapter in the history textbook The American Past.
C. “Colonial Society” is a chapter in the history textbook The American Past.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Colonial Society is a chapter in the history textbook The American Past.
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Our assignment is to read The Miller’s Tale from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, an English classic written in verse.
A. Our assignment is to read “The Miller’s Tale” from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, an English classic written in verse.
B. Our assignment is to read “The Miller’s Tale” from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, an English classic written in verse.
C. Our assignment is to read The Miller’s Tale from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, an English classic written in verse.

Setting Off Titles: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that uses underlines or quotation marks correctly around titles and that capitalizes words correctly in titles. - Our assignment is to read The Miller’s Tale from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, an English classic written in verse.

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