The first word and all important words in the title of a book begin with a capital letter.

Some words in the title of a book are unimportant. They do not begin with a capital letter.

Unimportant words are very small words. Some unimportant words are: a, an, the, of, with, for, at, in, and on. We draw a line under the title of a book.

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The Cat in the Hat has a lot of rhyming words.

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My favorite book is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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Smile is a good graphic novel.

We begin the first word and all important words in the title of a story or poem with a capital letter. We put quotation marks (" ") around the title of a story or poem.

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"Teddy Bear" is a poem about Winnie the Pooh.

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My favorite story before bed is "The Frog Prince."

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We learned the rhyme "Jack and Jill" at school today.

Exercises

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