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=== Titles of artistic works === Quotation marks, rather than italics, are generally used for the titles of shorter works. Whether these are single or double depends on the context; however, many styles, especially for poetry, prefer the use of single quotation marks. * Short fiction, poetry, etc.: [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s "The Sentinel" * Book chapters: The first chapter of ''3001: The Final Odyssey'' is "Comet Cowboy" * Articles in books, magazines, journals, etc.: "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", ''Wireless World'', October 1945 * Album tracks, singles, etc.: [[David Bowie]]'s "[[Space Oddity]]" As a rule, the title of a whole publication is [[italic type|italicised]] (or, in typewritten text, [[underline]]d), whereas the titles of minor works within or a subset of the larger publication (such as poems, short stories, named chapters, journal papers, newspaper articles, TV show episodes, video game levels, editorial sections of websites, etc.) are written with quotation marks. {{block indent|1=<poem> Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' Dahl's short story "Taste" in ''Completely Unexpected Tales'' </poem>}}
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