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Writing Titles

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 48mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following literary works should be underlined?

a)

poem titles

b)

song titles

c)

album titles

2.

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

a)

chapter titles

b)

play titles

c)

movie titles

3.

Which of the following literary works should be underlined?

a)

article titles in magazines

b)

TV program titles

c)

short stories in an anthology

4.

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?

a)

underline the title

b)

italicize the title

c)

put quotation marks around the title

5.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

When you reach the chapter Bad Karma, you'll be halfway done with the book.

b)

Pablo Picasso painted "The Guitarist" during his Blue Period. During these years, he mainly used shades of blue and blue-green, and his pieces were rather somber.

c)

60 Minutes is the oldest TV news program in television history.

6.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

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

b)

My aunt was on season 30 of Survivor.

c)

The host of Survivor is "Jeff Probst".

7.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

The song "Wind Beneath My Wings" was featured in a movie called Beaches.

b)

I enjoyed the short story To Build a Fire by Jack London, because I like survival stories. It was my favorite story in the anthology.

c)

For my piano recital, I decided to play Hedwig's Theme from my Harry POtter sheet music song book.

8.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

Caroline helped me revise my personal narrative essay, A Second Chance.

b)

There's a misspelled word in the newspaper. It's in the article Twins Marry Twins, and Mrs. Jensen said she'd give us extra credit if we found it!

c)

"The Fall of the House of Usher", a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe, is about an old house and its secrets.

9.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

10.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

11.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

12.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

13.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

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

b)

The "Santa Maria" sunk near Haiti in 1492.

c)

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

14.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

Jacqueline Davies, the author of "The Lemonade War", made the title of each chapter an economic term. Following each title is a definition.

b)

For example, the title of the third chapter is Joint Venture.

c)

Let me know when you finish reading the chapter called "Negotiation", because I want to discuss it with you.

15.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

If you're writing a report about the "Titanic", you should read the book Titanic: The Story About the Unsinkable Ship.

b)

The title of my report is going to be The Titanic's Dreadful Demise.

c)

Since you like reading books about the Titanic, I highly recommend I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912.

16.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

Claes Oldenberg is an American sculptor best known for making "sculptures" from everyday objects.

b)

Oldenberg's Clothespin statue can be seen in Philadelphia.

c)

His "Spoonbridge and Cherry" sculpture features a large spoon with a cherry balanced on the end of it.

17.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

Davy Jones was the lead singer of the band "The Monkees", which was popular in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

b)

Their most popular song was "I'm a Believer", which topped the billboards for seven weeks in 1966.

c)

Davy Jones made a guest appearance in Getting Davy Jones, a "Brady Bunch" episode.

18.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

The name of my poem is "Peanut Butter and Jelly".

b)

Amelia Earhart named her airplanes. The one she was flying when she disappeared was named "The Canary".

c)

My favorite book by Patricia Polacco is "Thank You, Mr. Falker".

19.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

My favorite TV show on "The Food Network" is called Chopped.

b)

Have you ever seen the movie "Hotel for Dogs"?

c)

The first season of Andi Mac ended with an episode called "Best Surprise Ever".

20.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

I can play Katie Perry's song Firework on the piano.

b)

Mrs. Fenton made us read The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. That poem is creepy!

c)

When we finish reading The Giver to the end, Mrs. Black promised that she'd let us watch the movie.

21.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

My brother thinks "Star Wars" is more entertaining than "Star Trek", but I disagree.

b)

Someday, I want to be a journalist for "The Seattle Times".

c)

While I was stuck in the airport, I read the newspaper. The article covering the front page featured the headline "Blizzard of the Century Hits Oklahoma City".

22.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

The surprising election results were listed on the front page of The Charlotte Observer.

b)

At the end of World War 2, the Japanese surrendered on the deck of the "USS Missouri".

c)

The painting "American Gothic" features a farmer and his daughter standing in front of a farmhouse.

23.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

Casey Jones is remembered for his heroic act aboard the Cannonball Express. Because of his heroism, he was the only person killed in the 1900 train collision.

b)

The last album in which all four Beatles participated was "Abbey Road".

c)

While I sat in the waiting room, I read an article about Justin Timberlake in "Us Weekly".

24.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

a)

The 1903 Wright Flyer is on display at the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

b)

My favorite poem by Maya Angelou is called Still I Rise.

c)

When my mom saw me reading Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes for homework, she told me that she remembered reading that short story when she was in middle school.