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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: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem), The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series), Happy Birthday to You (a song), The Wizard of Oz (a movie), The Magic Flute (an opera), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems)

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

Sort: How Bees Talk (a magazine article), A Walk in Spring (a short story), Treasure Island (a novel), Charlotte's Web (a novel), Stories from the Hills (a book of stories), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper)

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

Sort: Lost in the Woods (a chapter), The Morning Post (a newspaper), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story), The Snow Queen (a ballet), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song), The Town Gazette (a newspaper)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. Happy Birthday to You (a song) — Quotation marks 3. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem) — Quotation marks 4. The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series) — Quotation marks 5. The Magic Flute (an opera) — Italics or underline 6. The Wizard of Oz (a movie) — Italics or underline
  2. 2.1. A Walk in Spring (a short story) — Quotation marks 2. Charlotte's Web (a novel) — Italics or underline 3. How Bees Talk (a magazine article) — Quotation marks 4. Stories from the Hills (a book of stories) — Italics or underline 5. The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper) — Quotation marks 6. Treasure Island (a novel) — Italics or underline
  3. 3.1. Lost in the Woods (a chapter) — Quotation marks 2. The Morning Post (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 3. The Snow Queen (a ballet) — Italics or underline 4. The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story) — Quotation marks 5. The Town Gazette (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 6. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song) — Quotation marks

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