Quiz: Underlining (Italics)

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

The magazine rack held current issues of National Wildlife, Time, Essence, Jewish Monthly, and Sports Illustrated.

• National Wildlife

• Time

• Essence

• Jewish Monthly

• Sports Illustrated

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CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.3.1B

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

Sometimes I forget to put the first o in the word thorough, and by mistake I write through.

• o

• thorough

• through

• mistake

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CCSS.L.3.2F

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

The final number will be a medley of tunes from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.

• final

• George Gershwin's

• Porgy and Bess

• opera Porgy and Bess

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

Jerry Spinelli won the Newbery Medal for his book Maniac Magee, which is about an unusual athlete.

• Maniac Magee

• Jerry Spinelli

• Newbery Medal

• athlete

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

Picasso's painting Guernica is named for a Spanish town that was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War.

• Spanish Civil War

• Picasso's

• Guernica

• Spanish town

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

My father reads the Chicago Sun-Times because he likes Carl Rowan's column.

• Chicago Sun-Times

• Carl Rowan's

• father reads

• Carl Rowan's column

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

The first battle between ironclad ships took place between the Monitor and the Merrimack in 1862.

• 1862

• Monitor

• Merrimack

• ironclad ships

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

The Irish movie Into the West features the adventure of two brothers and their magical horse.

• Into the West

• Irish movie

• adventure

• magical horse

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

I had never traveled by train until we rode the Hill Country Flyer.

• rode the Hill Country Flyer

• until we

• traveled by train

• Hill Country Flyer

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In the following sentence, select the words that should be italicized.

Melissa asked Christopher whether he and his family ever watch the show Nova.

• Melissa

• Nova

• the show Nova

• Christopher

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CCSS.L.5.2D