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Punctuating Titles of Works

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 10-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Leo is writing his book report by hand. How should he mark the title Charlotte's Web?

    • Put it in quotation marks
    • Underline it
    • Write it in capital letters

  2. An album is a whole work made up of many songs. How should you write an album's title?

    • Inside quotation marks
    • In capital letters
    • In italics or underlined

  3. An album title should be written inside quotation marks.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which of these should be written inside quotation marks?

    • a movie title
    • a song title
    • an album title

  5. Look at this sentence: I love the poem The Road Not Taken. How should the title be punctuated?

    • "The Road Not Taken"
    • *The Road Not Taken*
    • THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

  6. Ari wrote: We listened to the song Firefly at camp. What should he do to the title?

    • Put it inside quotation marks
    • Write it in italics
    • Leave it exactly as it is

  7. Which sentence marks both titles correctly?

    • The song *Sunrise* is on the album "Golden Hour".
    • The song "Sunrise" is on the album "Golden Hour".
    • The song "Sunrise" is on the album *Golden Hour*.

  8. The title of a newspaper article goes inside quotation marks.

    Circle one:   True   False

  9. One writer types a book title in italics, while another underlines the same title by hand. Both can be correct.

    Circle one:   True   False

  10. Which sentence marks the chapter and the book correctly?

    • I loved the last chapter of "The Clockwork Garden", called *The Hidden Key*.
    • I loved the last chapter of *The Clockwork Garden*, called "The Hidden Key".
    • I loved the last chapter of The Clockwork Garden, called The Hidden Key.
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  1. Underline it · Charlotte's Web is a book, a whole work. When you write by hand, you underline a whole work's title.
  2. In italics or underlined · An album is a whole work, so its title gets italics or underlining, just like a book or a film.
  3. False · An album is a whole work, not a short piece, so its title gets italics or underlining instead.
  4. a song title · A song is a short work, so its title goes inside quotation marks.
  5. "The Road Not Taken" · The Road Not Taken is a poem, a short work, so it belongs inside quotation marks.
  6. Put it inside quotation marks · A song is a short piece, so its title needs quotation marks: "Firefly".
  7. The song "Sunrise" is on the album *Golden Hour*. · A song is a short piece, so it takes quotation marks; the album is the whole work, so it takes italics.
  8. True · An article is a short piece of writing, whether it appears in a magazine or a newspaper, so it takes quotation marks.
  9. True · Yes. Typing uses italics and handwriting uses underlining; each writer picked one style and kept it.
  10. I loved the last chapter of *The Clockwork Garden*, called "The Hidden Key". · The Clockwork Garden is the whole book, so it takes italics; The Hidden Key is one chapter, a short piece, so it takes quotation marks.
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