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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 Night Before the Race (a chapter), Happy Birthday to You (a song), A Walk in Spring (a short story), Young Explorer (a magazine), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems), Peter Pan (a play)

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

Sort: The Morning Post (a newspaper), Treasure Island (a novel), The Wizard of Oz (a movie), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series)

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

Sort: Rain at Last (a newspaper article), Stories from the Hills (a book of stories), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song), The Magic Flute (an opera), Planet Earth (a TV series), Lost in the Woods (a chapter)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. A Walk in Spring (a short story) — Quotation marks 3. Happy Birthday to You (a song) — Quotation marks 4. Peter Pan (a play) — Italics or underline 5. The Night Before the Race (a chapter) — Quotation marks 6. Young Explorer (a magazine) — Italics or underline
  2. 2.1. 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 Morning Post (a newspaper) — 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. Treasure Island (a novel) — Italics or underline
  3. 3.1. Lost in the Woods (a chapter) — Quotation marks 2. Planet Earth (a TV series) — Italics or underline 3. Rain at Last (a newspaper article) — Quotation marks 4. Stories from the Hills (a book of stories) — Italics or underline 5. The Magic Flute (an opera) — 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.