Fix Your Titles
You have written five blog posts, and we are now in the process of revising them to make them look as clean and professional as possible.
In this lesson, we're going to look for mistakes in the titles of your blog posts.
Typically, the title of a blog post is a short phrase (not a complete sentence or question). Here are some examples:
- My Favorite Foods
- My Dog
- Summer Vacation
Do not put a period at the end of your title.
Furthermore, there are very specific rules regarding the capitalization of titles, and I expect you to follow them.
Here are the rules:
- Capitalize every word of the title, except for articles and prepositions.
- There is one exception to this rule: If the title starts with an article or a preposition, then you should capitalize that word too.
- Do not capitalize every letter of your title.
Study the following examples:
| Wrong | Correct |
My favorite vacation |
My Favorite Vacation |
back to school |
Back to School |
an important lesson. |
An Important Lesson |
The First Day Of Summer |
The First Day of Summer |
THE DAY I ALMOST DIED |
The Day I Almost Died |
Key Points
- Do not put a period at the end of your title.
- Capitalize every word of the title, except for articles and prepositions.
- If the title starts with an article or a preposition, then you should capitalize that word too.
- Do not capitalize every letter of your title.
- Do not try to center your title.
- Do skip a line between your title and your post.
Lesson Steps
- Open your Writing Portfolio.
- Make sure that all your titles are formatted correctly. Follow the rules that you learned in this unit on titles!
- The titles of your five blog posts should look like this. (For blog posts 4 and 5, add a descriptive title after the colon.)
- Blog Post #5:
- Blog Post #4:
- Blog Post #3: My Family Background
- Blog Post #2: My Favorite Pastime
- Blog Post #1: About Me
Self Check
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