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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: A Walk in Spring (a short story), Planet Earth (a TV series), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story), Charlotte's Web (a novel), The Morning Post (a newspaper)

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

Sort: A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), The Magic Flute (an opera), How Bees Talk (a magazine article), Young Explorer (a magazine), The Eagle (a poem)

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

Sort: Lost in the Woods (a chapter), Treasure Island (a novel), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem), The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series), The Wizard of Oz (a movie), The Snow Queen (a ballet)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A Walk in Spring (a short story) — Quotation marks 2. Charlotte's Web (a novel) — Italics or underline 3. Planet Earth (a TV series) — Italics or underline 4. The Morning Post (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 5. The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story) — Quotation marks 6. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song) — Quotation marks
  2. 2.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. How Bees Talk (a magazine article) — Quotation marks 3. The Eagle (a poem) — Quotation marks 4. The Magic Flute (an opera) — Italics or underline 5. The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper) — Quotation marks 6. Young Explorer (a magazine) — Italics or underline
  3. 3.1. Lost in the Woods (a chapter) — Quotation marks 2. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem) — Quotation marks 3. The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series) — Quotation marks 4. The Snow Queen (a ballet) — 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.