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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: Happy Birthday to You (a song), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), Stories from the Hills (a book of stories), Charlotte's Web (a novel), Lost in the Woods (a chapter), The Wizard of Oz (a movie)

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

Sort: Rain at Last (a newspaper article), The Night Before the Race (a chapter), How Bees Talk (a magazine article), Planet Earth (a TV series), The Magic Flute (an opera), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems)

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

Sort: The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series), Treasure Island (a novel), The Snow Queen (a ballet), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem), Young Explorer (a magazine), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Charlotte's Web (a novel) — Italics or underline 2. Happy Birthday to You (a song) — Quotation marks 3. Lost in the Woods (a chapter) — 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. The Wizard of Oz (a movie) — Italics or underline
  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. Planet Earth (a TV series) — Italics or underline 4. Rain at Last (a newspaper article) — Quotation marks 5. The Magic Flute (an opera) — Italics or underline 6. The Night Before the Race (a chapter) — Quotation marks
  3. 3.1. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem) — Quotation marks 2. The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series) — Quotation marks 3. The Snow Queen (a ballet) — Italics or underline 4. The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story) — Quotation marks 5. Treasure Island (a novel) — Italics or underline 6. Young Explorer (a magazine) — Italics or underline

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