Titles
You are required to have a title. QUICK LIST:
- Center the title. - Make it original. - Use standard MLA font & size.
Do
Do think of your favorite song title. Is it long? Is it boring? Is it titled “Song #2”? No, no, and no. It is short and snappy like “Stay Woke.”
Do K.I.S.S. = keep it simple, stupid. Do relate the title to the topic of your essay. Do imitate titles you like – from any genre. Do capitalize the first word, no matter what it is.
Do capitalize all nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, and adjectives.
Do write your title in 12pt, Times New Roman font with no bold, italics, underlining, or quotation marks.
Do center the title by using the centering button.
Examples of Great Titles: Stay Woke
Gag Me with a Spoon The New Jim Crow
Manufacturing Consent This Is America
A Confederacy of Dunces Notes of a Native Son The Ways We Lie Ain’t I a Woman?
Examples of Garbage Titles: Essay #2
Should Teachers Carry Beers on Campus? If I Could Be Any Animal, What Would I Be?
Research Paper: Negative Effects of Cellphones Technological Nightmare
TTe Go e il r
WHY AM I YELLING IN THIS TITLE? why have i forgotten how to capitalize?
Do not
Do not write the title of the assignment. Do not write your thesis statement as the title. Do not write an essay prompt question as the title.
Do not capitalize prepositions (of, with, before, etc.) or articles (a, an, the), unless they are the first word.
Do not change the font in any way. The format should be boring. The language you use should be exciting.
Do not sigh and say, “I suck at titles.” Just write one.
Do not center the title by using the TAB key.
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