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.

• Authoring Platform

  • Highlighting text triggers a menu bar with options to format the text in italics or as a header, a list, a quotation, a superscript or subscript, or a key term.

• Highlighting the Main Points

  • Important points are highlighted with topic headings in large typeface, bold font, italics, bulleted lists, banks of key terms, etcetera: the visual presentation of a printed page functions as a guide for the reader.
  • To convey the effect of italics or bold print, a speaker has to rely on tone of voice rather than visual cues.

• 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.

• Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

  • They are usually written in italics.

• Formulas of Ionic Compounds

  • For example, to combine magnesium (Mg) and bromine (Br) to get an ionic compound, we first note the electronic configurations of these atoms (valence level in indicated in italics):

• Example: Test for Independence

  • The expected values (in parentheses, italics and bold) for each cell are also presented in the table above.

• 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.