ocr: Grammar Slammer Unregistered Copy) EX File Edit Bookmark Options Help Contents Search Back Print << 2> Grammar Glossary Spelling Close Order Capitals in Titles of Things Always capitalize the first and last word in a title. Capitalize all the other words except for a, an, the, and conjunctions and prepositions of four letters or less. This applies to titles of books, chapters, periodicals, poems, stories, plays paintings, musical compositions, and subtitles. Examples: The Chronicles of Narnia (The is the first word, SO it is capitalized; ofis not.) Six Characters in Search of a Plot (in, of, a ...