Titles of large works (books, plays, newspapers, magazines) get written with italics. We put quotation marks around the titles of smaller works.
A book is large, and its title gets italicized. A short story is smaller.
Put quotation marks around the title of a short story. “All Summer in a Day”
A newspaper is large, and its title gets italicized. An article in the newspaper is smaller.
Put quotation marks around the title of an article in a newspaper. “Three Homes Attacked by Termites”
A magazine is large, and its title gets capitalized. An article in the magazine is smaller.
Put quotation marks around the title of an article in a magazine. “Making Do with Less”
Always put quotation marks around the title of a shorter work – a short story, a newspaper article, and a magazine article.
▶It’s your turn. Which words in this sentence need to have quotation marks around them? I read a newspaper article called Big Night in the Big City. Did you put quotation marks before the words of the article and after the words of the article? Good for you.