{"id":51,"date":"2024-05-28T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenmariepalmer.com\/theroughwritersguide\/chapter\/creating-a-title\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T23:29:48","slug":"creating-a-title","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/karenmariepalmer.com\/theroughwritersguide\/chapter\/creating-a-title\/","title":{"raw":"Creating a Title","rendered":"Creating a Title"},"content":{"raw":"\n<h1>Creating a Title<\/h1>\n<h2>Your essay\u2019s title should:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Be original<\/li>\n \t<li>Be a reasonable length<\/li>\n \t<li>Reflect your topic<\/li>\n \t<li>Be lively and attention-getting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Your title should NOT:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Be generic\/repeat the assignment<\/li>\n \t<li>Be in ALL CAPS<\/li>\n \t<li>Be in boldface, \u201cquotation marks,\u201d underlined, or italicized<\/li>\n \t<li>Be followed by a period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Capitalization Rules for Titles:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Always capitalize the first letter of the first word and the last word.<\/li>\n \t<li>Capitalize the first letter of each \u201cimportant\u201d word in between the first and last words.<\/li>\n \t<li>Do not capitalize articles (a, an, the), unless they are after a colon<\/li>\n \t<li>Do not capitalize coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.)<\/li>\n \t<li>Do not capitalize prepositions (on, at, in, off, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nFollowing are some of examples of real student titles:\n\n1. \u201cHills Like White Elephants:\u201d A Dance Between Two Lovers\n\n2. Behind the Mask of Seduction in \"The Cask of Amontillado\"\n\n3. Changes: An Existential Journey\n\n4. Kinder is the War with \u201cThe Things They Carried\u201d\n\n5. What We Do Affects Us: An Argument for Masks during Covid-19\n\n6. Healthcare Workers: Overworked and Underappreciated\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Exercise 1<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\n1. Using the above criteria, create three different possible titles for your essay.\n\n2. Swap titles with a classmate and give advice about which one is the strongest.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr>\n\n<h2>Attribution<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><em>\u201cCreating a Title,\u201d created by Dr. Sandi Van Lieu and licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cclicenses\/\">CC BY NC SA 3.0<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","rendered":"<h1>Creating a Title<\/h1>\n<h2>Your essay\u2019s title should:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Be original<\/li>\n<li>Be a reasonable length<\/li>\n<li>Reflect your topic<\/li>\n<li>Be lively and attention-getting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Your title should NOT:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Be generic\/repeat the assignment<\/li>\n<li>Be in ALL CAPS<\/li>\n<li>Be in boldface, \u201cquotation marks,\u201d underlined, or italicized<\/li>\n<li>Be followed by a period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Capitalization Rules for Titles:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Always capitalize the first letter of the first word and the last word.<\/li>\n<li>Capitalize the first letter of each \u201cimportant\u201d word in between the first and last words.<\/li>\n<li>Do not capitalize articles (a, an, the), unless they are after a colon<\/li>\n<li>Do not capitalize coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Do not capitalize prepositions (on, at, in, off, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Example<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Following are some of examples of real student titles:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cHills Like White Elephants:\u201d A Dance Between Two Lovers<\/p>\n<p>2. 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