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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 a short story?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.In capital letters only
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
2.How should you show the title of a play?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.With no capital letters
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
3.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
4.Why do some titles take quotation marks and others italics?
  • A.Writers choose whichever they like
  • B.Short works and parts of a bigger work take quotation marks; whole, long works take italics
  • C.Long titles take quotation marks and short titles take italics
5.How should you show the title of a novel, such as Charlotte's Web?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • C.In capital letters only
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 one article in a magazine?
  • A.In italics, or underlined when handwritten
  • B.With no capital letters
  • C.In quotation marks
8.How should you show the title of one chapter in a book?
  • A.In quotation marks
  • B.In capital letters only
  • C.In italics, or underlined when handwritten

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Answer key — Quotation Marks or Italics?

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