Know Your Title Punctuation

I remember in high school learning the difference between literary titles that go in "quotation marks," and those that must be underlined or in italics. It wasn't hard. Is it a book or play? Underlined or italics. Is it a poem, short story, or essay? Then it goes in "quotation marks." For the most part, if the teacher assigned you to read the whole thing in one night, put it in quotation marks; if it was long enough that it has chapters or act breaks, underline or italics. Why do so many of my juniors and seniors still not "know this?" Anyway, a short group of sentences for today. I just wanted to post before final exams. As always, all sentences are from student work and my comments are in (    ), but not in italics, quotation marks, or underlined.

- She's an unusual character in the way she acts but really feels. (I... what... uh...)
- ...boys get to adventure the outside world.
- Seeing the first horse killed reflected the little girl into a young lady.
- ...her house stinked.
- Memories are a wonderful thing to remember.
- (He) could have been his friend if they could have meant in another place.
- ...these words allow us to feel an undercut type of violence for the speaker.
- The author of the poem uses personification to personify objects. (From the Department of Redundancy Department.)
- The soldier tells about how he imagined the man's life that he killed.
- This waiter had a deeper meaning of life. (I like to think most waiters do.)
- The poem is an example of Imagism because it focused on what the meaning of it is.

See you in a few weeks, I am sure, with a batch from final papers and exams!

J