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.
Set 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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: Rain at Last (a newspaper article), The Eagle (a poem), Peter Pan (a play), Planet Earth (a TV series), The Town Gazette (a newspaper), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper)
Italics or underlineQuotation marks
2.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?
Sort: Lost in the Woods (a chapter), The Morning Post (a newspaper), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem), The Wizard of Oz (a movie), The Magic Flute (an opera), The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series)
Italics or underlineQuotation marks
3.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?
Sort: Treasure Island (a novel), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems), The Snow Queen (a ballet), How Bees Talk (a magazine article), The Night Before the Race (a chapter), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song)
Italics or underlineQuotation marks
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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Peter Pan (a play) — Italics or underline 2. Planet Earth (a TV series) — Italics or underline 3. Rain at Last (a newspaper article) — Quotation marks 4. The Eagle (a poem) — Quotation marks 5. The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper) — Quotation marks 6. The Town Gazette (a newspaper) — Italics or underline
2.1. 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 Magic Flute (an opera) — Italics or underline 5. The Morning Post (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 6. The Wizard of Oz (a movie) — Italics or underline
3.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. How Bees Talk (a magazine article) — Quotation marks 3. The Night Before the Race (a chapter) — Quotation marks 4. The Snow Queen (a ballet) — Italics or underline 5. Treasure Island (a novel) — 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.