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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.Why do some titles take quotation marks and others italics?
  • A.Short works and parts of a bigger work take quotation marks; whole, long works take italics
  • B.Long titles take quotation marks and short titles take italics
  • C.Writers choose whichever they like
2.How should you show the title of a song?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • C.With no capital letters
3.Which of these titles would go in quotation marks?
  • A.The book of poems itself
  • B.A daily newspaper
  • C.One poem in a book of poems
4.How should you show the title of a short story?
  • A.In capital letters only
  • B.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • C.In quotation marks
5.How should you show the name of a magazine?
  • A.In capital letters only
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
6.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
7.How should you show the title of a movie?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.With no capital letters
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
8.How should you show the title of a novel, such as Charlotte's Web?
  • A.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In capital letters only

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Answer key — Quotation Marks or Italics?

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Short works and parts of a bigger work take quotation marks; whole, long works take italics
  2. 2.In quotation marks
  3. 3.One poem in a book of poems
  4. 4.In quotation marks
  5. 5.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  6. 6.In quotation marks
  7. 7.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  8. 8.In italics, or underlined when handwritten

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