Which of the following titiles is correctly punctuated?
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Poem: 'Nostalgia', by Billy Collins
Ship: "Queen Mary"
Article: " What Chat Transcripts Reval" by Carol Tenopir
Story: The telltale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe.
I picked the the Article
The article is correct.
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To determine the correctly punctuated title, we need to follow the rules of punctuation for titles. Here are the titles from your choices:
1. Poem: 'Nostalgia', by Billy Collins
2. Ship: "Queen Mary"
3. Article: "What Chat Transcripts Reveal" by Carol Tenopir
4. Story: The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe
To punctuate titles, we generally use quotation marks or italics. If a title is within quotation marks, the punctuation marks should be placed inside the quotation marks. On the other hand, if the title is italicized, the punctuation marks are placed outside the italics.
Let's analyze each title:
1. Poem: 'Nostalgia', by Billy Collins - The title is enclosed within single quotation marks and is followed by a comma after "Nostalgia". This is not the correct way to punctuate a title.
2. Ship: "Queen Mary" - The title is enclosed within double quotation marks, which is appropriate for a ship's name or a specific entity. This is correctly punctuated.
3. Article: "What Chat Transcripts Reveal" by Carol Tenopir - The title is enclosed within double quotation marks and is followed by a colon after "Reveal". This is correctly punctuated.
4. Story: The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe - The title starts with a capital letter and includes hyphens in "Tell-Tale." It is not enclosed within quotation marks, but instead, it is italicized or underlined. The author's name is also mentioned after the title, which is common practice. This is correctly punctuated.
Based on these explanations, the correctly punctuated title is the fourth one:
Story: The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe.