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Quotation Marks or Italics? is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on which kind of title takes which mark, aligned to Common Core standard L.5.2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Quotation Marks or Italics?

L.5.2

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Circle the right answer.

1.How should you show the title of one article in a magazine?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • C.With no capital letters
2.How should you show the title of a song?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.With no capital letters
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
3.How should you show the title of a short poem, such as The Eagle?
  • A.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • B.In capital letters only
  • C.In quotation marks
4.How should you show the title of a play?
  • A.With no capital letters
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
5.How should you show the title of one episode of a TV series?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • C.In capital letters only
6.How should you show the name of a newspaper?
  • A.With no capital letters
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
7.You are handwriting a book review and cannot write in italics. What do you do with the book's title?
  • A.Leave it out
  • B.Write it in small letters
  • C.Underline it
8.How should you show the title of a short story?
  • A.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • B.In capital letters only
  • C.In quotation marks

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Answer key — Quotation Marks or Italics?

Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.In quotation marks
  2. 2.In quotation marks
  3. 3.In quotation marks
  4. 4.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  5. 5.In quotation marks
  6. 6.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  7. 7.Underline it
  8. 8.In quotation marks

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.