Start a Command Prompt and then change the title of it via batch file

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I'm trying to start a command prompt via a batch file, echo some text, and change the title of the command prompt. I'm trying:

start cmd
/k echo This is a terminal
/k title Terminal

The echo text displays, but not the title text.

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The TITLE command works for me.

start cmd
TITLE Test
PAUSE

Edit: I believe the syntax for /k is

cmd /k "TITLE Test"

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