1) How do you usually quote the title of a chapter within a book? Thank you.
Example:
Jonathan Swift (author)
Gulliver’s Travels (novel: italics + bold?)
Beloved Horses, Hateful Men (title: italics?)
2) Full/complete reading of the abridged edition of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. (how do you express the fact that students read the abridged edition of Wilde's The Picture..)
1. The title of a book should be either underlined or in italics.
Gulliver's Travels
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards
Titles of articles, poems, chapters in books, and other items that are not published as separate items to hold in your hand are indicated by quotation marks:
"Wondering about Siblings: A Study of Jealousy's Early Onset." (an article in an issue of Atlantic Monthly)
A chapter in a book would follow the pattern of the article in the magazine above.
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2. Here's how:
The Picture of Dorian Gray (abridged edition)
Here's a good place for information on citing in MLA format:
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Hold your cursor over the words CITING SOURCES in the left column and then click on whatever type of source you need help with.
Many examples will show up. You need to pay attention only to how the titles are dealt with in the works cited page (even if you're not writing a works cited page!).
1) When quoting the title of a chapter within a book, it is generally recommended to use quotation marks. This helps to distinguish the chapter title from the overall book title. For example, if you are referring to a chapter titled "The Adventure Begins" in the book "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, you would write it as: "The Adventure Begins" (chapter title) in "Gulliver's Travels" (book title).
In terms of formatting, italics or bold can be used to emphasize the book title as a whole. However, it is not necessary to use both italics and bold at the same time.
2) If students are reading the abridged edition of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," you can express this fact by specifying it in the sentence. For example: "The students are reading the abridged edition of Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'." This clearly indicates that they are not reading the unabridged or full version of the book.
1) When quoting the title of a chapter within a book, there are a few common ways to format it. Here are two common approaches:
a) Italicization: You can italicize the title of the chapter to set it apart from the rest of the text. For example, if you're quoting a chapter titled "The Adventure Begins" from the book "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, you would write it as: "The Adventure Begins" (Gulliver's Travels).
b) Quotation marks: Alternatively, you can enclose the title of the chapter in double quotation marks. Using the same example, you would write it as: "The Adventure Begins" ("Gulliver's Travels").
2) When expressing the fact that students read the abridged edition of Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," you can mention it in your sentence or phrase it explicitly to clarify. Here are a couple of ways you could express it:
a) "Students read the abridged edition of Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' in its entirety."
b) "The complete reading for students is the abridged edition of Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'."
By including the terms "abridged edition" and "complete reading," you convey the specific version of the book that students are reading.