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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: The Magic Flute (an opera), Happy Birthday to You (a song), Young Explorer (a magazine), The Snow Queen (a ballet), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem), The Night Before the Race (a chapter)

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

Sort: The Eagle (a poem), Charlotte's Web (a novel), Lost in the Woods (a chapter), The Town Gazette (a newspaper), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems)

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

Sort: How Bees Talk (a magazine article), Peter Pan (a play), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song), Stories from the Hills (a book of stories), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), The Wizard of Oz (a movie)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Happy Birthday to You (a song) — Quotation marks 2. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem) — Quotation marks 3. The Magic Flute (an opera) — Italics or underline 4. The Night Before the Race (a chapter) — Quotation marks 5. The Snow Queen (a ballet) — Italics or underline 6. Young Explorer (a magazine) — Italics or underline
  2. 2.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. Charlotte's Web (a novel) — Italics or underline 3. Lost in the Woods (a chapter) — Quotation marks 4. The Eagle (a poem) — Quotation marks 5. The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story) — Quotation marks 6. The Town Gazette (a newspaper) — Italics or underline
  3. 3.1. How Bees Talk (a magazine article) — Quotation marks 2. Peter Pan (a play) — Italics or underline 3. Stories from the Hills (a book of stories) — Italics or underline 4. The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper) — Quotation marks 5. The Wizard of Oz (a movie) — 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.