italics

Examples of italics in the following topics:

• Italics

  • Writers use italics to emphasise certain words such as titles, scientific words, and foreign words.
  • In general, italics are used to identify the title of a major publication (such as a book, newspaper, or magazine), for emphasis, for scientific or technical words, and for foreign words.
  • When you need to emphasize a word you can use italics to make it stand out.

• APA: Tables and Figures

  • If your table includes any abbreviations that need defining, or statistics whose significance levels need noting, immediately below the table, write the word "Note" in italics, followed by a colon, and then provide the needed explanation.
  • Using the same formatting, you should also place that information immediately below your table, following the word "Source" in italics.
  • Immediately below the figure, provide its number (e.g., "Figure 1") in italics, followed by a period, followed by a brief but descriptive title (called a "figure caption") in sentence case.

• Chicago/Turabian: Tables and Figures

  • Immediately below the table, write the word "Source" (or or "Sources") in italics, followed by a colon, and then provide the source(s) of the information in the table.

• Reading Challenging Texts

  • What punctuation or other techniques of emphasis (italics, capitals, underlining, ellipses, parentheses) does the author use?

• Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

  • The modifying phrase (in italics) provides additional information about the subject of the sentence: the Student Council.

• Reading Carefully and Closely

  • What other techniques of emphasis (such as italics, boldface font, underlining, and parentheses) does the writer use?

• Quotation Marks

  • Either quotation marks or italics can indicate when a word refers to the word itself rather than its associated concept (i.e., when the word is "mentioned" rather than "used").