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Which Kind of Title? is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on sorting works by how their titles are marked, aligned to Common Core standard L.5.2. It prints 3 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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Which Kind of Title?

L.5.2

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Sort each one into the right column.

1.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?

Sort: Peter Pan (a play), The Night Before the Race (a chapter), Charlotte's Web (a novel), Happy Birthday to You (a song), How Bees Talk (a magazine article), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks
2.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?

Sort: The Morning Post (a newspaper), Young Explorer (a magazine), The Eagle (a poem), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song), Rain at Last (a newspaper article), Stories from the Hills (a book of stories)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks
3.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?

Sort: The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), The Town Gazette (a newspaper), Treasure Island (a novel), The Wizard of Oz (a movie), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. Charlotte's Web (a novel) — Italics or underline 3. Happy Birthday to You (a song) — Quotation marks 4. How Bees Talk (a magazine article) — Quotation marks 5. Peter Pan (a play) — Italics or underline 6. The Night Before the Race (a chapter) — Quotation marks
  2. 2.1. Rain at Last (a newspaper article) — Quotation marks 2. Stories from the Hills (a book of stories) — Italics or underline 3. The Eagle (a poem) — Quotation marks 4. The Morning Post (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 5. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song) — Quotation marks 6. Young Explorer (a magazine) — Italics or underline
  3. 3.1. The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series) — Quotation marks 2. The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper) — Quotation marks 3. The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story) — Quotation marks 4. The Town Gazette (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 5. The Wizard of Oz (a movie) — Italics or underline 6. Treasure Island (a novel) — Italics or underline

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