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The comma goes before the closing quotation mark when it's part of the title of an article within a sentence, as in "The New York Times," reported on the topic.
The correct punctuation for the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost is to use quotation marks around the title.
The principal words of a song title are capitalized. This includes the first word and any conjunctions longer than four letters. Furthermore, song titles should be placed in quotation marks. Punctuation marks that are part of the title, such as question marks or ellipses, are placed within the quotation marks.
For a novel's title, you should use italics or quotation marks. Italicize the title if you are typing it (e.g., The Great Gatsby) and use quotation marks if you are handwriting it ("The Great Gatsby").
The period always goes inside quotation marks - in all kinds of sentences - not just ones that have a song title.
When referring to a poem you enclose the title in quotation marks: Examples: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
It is not necessary to capitalize or italicize the word "the" before the titles of newspapers when used in a sentence. Just treat it like any other article in the sentence.
The proper way to cite the title of a song in a sentence is to put the title in quotation marks. You would also put articles, essays, TV episode titles, and book chapters in quotation marks. Conversely, to cite other things in a sentence such as books and magazines, websites, TV shows, paintings, and plays, you would need to italicize instead.
The sentence should be punctuated as follows: "Read a book, such as 'My Side of the Mountain,' and write a reflection of the plot." This punctuation clarifies the instruction by setting off the book title with commas and enclosing it in quotation marks for emphasis.
If you are writing something else and referring to an essay you have written, you would put the title of that essay in quotation marks, but the title at the top of your essay (like the title of any document) should not have quotation marks.
Yes, you should include a period after the abbreviation "Dr." when it is used at the end of a sentence, in order to indicate that the sentence has ended. "Dr." is an abbreviation for "Doctor," so it functions like any other abbreviation in terms of punctuation rules.
The title of a documentary is treated like any other title. Within a sentence it is placed in italics and punctuated like a part of speech. At the top of the film if it is a simple sentence, it does not receive punctuation. You use commas when absolutely necessary for clarity.