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
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Write the letter of the match next to each one.
1.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The final stanza
A list stanza
A rhyme scheme
A contrasting stanza
A.piles up items to build a picture
B.brings the poem's ideas to a close
C.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
D.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The turn
A stanza break
The opening stanza
The title
A.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
B.names the subject before the first line
C.the point where the mood or argument changes
D.introduces the speaker and the scene
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The final stanza — B (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 2. A list stanza — A (piles up items to build a picture) 3. A rhyme scheme — C (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines) 4. A contrasting stanza — D (shows the opposite of the stanza before it)
2.1. The turn — C (the point where the mood or argument changes) 2. A stanza break — A (a blank line that marks a shift in idea) 3. The opening stanza — D (introduces the speaker and the scene) 4. The title — B (names the subject before the first line)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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