Punctuating Titles

Which of the following literary works should be underlined?

• poem titles

• song titles

• album titles

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following literary works should be written in quotation marks?

• chapter titles

• play titles

• movie titles

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following literary works should be underlined?

• article titles in magazines

• TV program titles

• short stories in an anthology

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CCSS.L.5.2D

You are typing an essay and you are citing the nonfiction book where you found most of your information. How should the title of the book be punctuated?

• underline the title

• italicize the title

• put quotation marks around the title

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• I am a huge fan of the TV show, "Survivor".

• My aunt was on season 30 of Survivor.

• The host of Survivor is "Jeff Probst".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• My mom wasn't happy when she discovered that I cut apart her new Good Housekeeping magazine to create my collage.

• In my defense, I thought she had already read all of the "article".

• Now I have to go to the store and buy her a new issue of "Good Housekeeping".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off was a popular film in the 1980's.

• My high school was used to film parts of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

• The name of my high school is "El Camino Real Charter High School".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• The concert ended with every student returning to the stage to sing Stand by Me together.

• "Stand by Me" is also the name of a movie.

• The song "Stand by Me" was written by Ben E. King in 1961.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• My dad writes editorials for our local newspaper, "The Omaha World-Herald".

• He recently wrote an editorial entitled "Heroes Among Us".

• My favorite part of the newspaper is the "sports section".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• Columbus's three ships were named Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

• The "Santa Maria" sunk near Haiti in 1492.

• There is a very interesting children's book about Columbus called "Christopher Columbus: What You Didn't Know About History".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D