How the Stanzas Fit Together is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on matching each part of a poem to the job it does in the whole, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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How the Stanzas Fit Together
RL.5.5
NameDate
Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A stanza break
A rhyming couplet
The title
The final stanza
A.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
B.names the subject before the first line
C.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
D.brings the poem's ideas to a close
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The turn
A contrasting stanza
A list stanza
A line break
A.piles up items to build a picture
B.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
C.ends a line early to make the reader pause
D.the point where the mood or argument changes
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 10 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A stanza break — A (a blank line that marks a shift in idea) 2. A rhyming couplet — C (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. The title — B (names the subject before the first line) 4. The final stanza — D (brings the poem's ideas to a close)
2.1. The turn — D (the point where the mood or argument changes) 2. A contrasting stanza — B (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 3. A list stanza — A (piles up items to build a picture) 4. A line break — C (ends a line early to make the reader pause)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
Teaching this next? How Chapters Fit Together is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.