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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.Which of these titles would go in quotation marks?
  • A.One poem in a book of poems
  • B.A daily newspaper
  • C.The book of poems itself
2.How should you show the name of a magazine?
  • A.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In capital letters only
3.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
4.You are handwriting a book review and cannot write in italics. What do you do with the book's title?
  • A.Underline it
  • B.Write it in small letters
  • C.Leave it out
5.Why do some titles take quotation marks and others italics?
  • A.Long titles take quotation marks and short titles take italics
  • B.Short works and parts of a bigger work take quotation marks; whole, long works take italics
  • C.Writers choose whichever they like
6.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
7.How should you show the title of a movie?
  • A.With no capital letters
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
8.How should you show the title of a short story?
  • A.In capital letters only
  • B.In quotation marks
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten

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Answer key — Quotation Marks or Italics?

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

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