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BAD : He was reading a short story by Saki titled 'The Open Window'.
GOOD : He was reading a short story by Saki called 'The Open Window'.
BAD : She sent me an article from Life Magazine titled 'A Soldier's Anguish'.
GOOD : She sent me an article from Life Magazine entitled 'A Soldier's Anguish'.
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To introduce the name of a book, story, film, article, song, painting, etc, use be called or, especially in formal styles, (be) entitled : 'Her latest novel is called Educating Peter .'
Compare: 'The title of her latest novel is Educating Peter.'