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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), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story), The Morning Post (a newspaper), Treasure Island (a novel), The Magic Flute (an opera), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (a poem)

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

Sort: Planet Earth (a TV series), Charlotte's Web (a novel), How Bees Talk (a magazine article), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), The Eagle (a poem), The Snow Queen (a ballet)

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

Sort: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song), Peter Pan (a play), The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series), The Town Gazette (a newspaper), Lost in the Woods (a chapter), A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

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Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

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