TITLESTITLES

Blah, Blah, Blah Blah, Blah, Blah Or Or

Ah, Ah, AhAh, Ah, Ah

Blah, Blah, BlahBlah, Blah, Blah

Writing AssignmentWriting Assignment Narrative ExtensionNarrative Extension Narrative Extension AssignmentNarrative Extension Assignment The Absolutely True Diary of a The Absolutely True Diary of a

Part-time IndianPart-time Indian EssayEssay English EssayEnglish Essay

An Effective TitleAn Effective Title

Accurately predicts the contents Accurately predicts the contents or focusor focus

Communicates the dominant Communicates the dominant impression the writer wants impression the writer wants his/her essay to makehis/her essay to make

Grabs the reader’s attentionGrabs the reader’s attention

Creating an Attention GrabberCreating an Attention Grabber

Use wordplayUse wordplay

Time Wounds, Not HealsTime Wounds, Not Heals Use words in an unexpected Use words in an unexpected

wayway

Dream SmallDream Small Use alliteration Use alliteration

Mary Makes Her Way to MontanaMary Makes Her Way to Montana

Use References to Pop Culture or Use References to Pop Culture or an Appropriate Quote from the an Appropriate Quote from the TextTextConcrete Jungle Where Dreams Concrete Jungle Where Dreams

are Made: Setting in are Made: Setting in The Great The Great GatsbyGatsby

“ “Privileged Glimpses into the Privileged Glimpses into the Human Heart”Human Heart”

Nick Carraway as an Unreliable Nick Carraway as an Unreliable NarratorNarrator

Remember:Remember:

No boldNo bold No underlineNo underline No italics, except when including the No italics, except when including the

title of a novel/longer worktitle of a novel/longer work No quotation marksNo quotation marks No larger fontNo larger font Capitalize all words except articles, Capitalize all words except articles,

prepositions, “to” in an infinitive and prepositions, “to” in an infinitive and conjunctionsconjunctions