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

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Answer key — Quotation Marks or Italics?

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