10. Titles, Subtitles, and Subheadings 10.1 Capitalization of book, chapter, and article titles in English is as follows: Capitalize first and last word; Capitalize all nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, and subordinating conjunctions; The first word after a colon. "Stratagem of the Corpse: Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulacra" 10.2 For French and most other Romance languages, only the first word and proper names are capitalized 10.3 For German, the first word and all nouns and proper names are capitalized.