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.
Set 12 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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 list stanza
The title
The final stanza
A middle stanza
A.brings the poem's ideas to a close
B.develops the idea with a new detail
C.names the subject before the first line
D.piles up items to build a picture
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The opening stanza
A refrain
A rhyming couplet
A stanza break
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.introduces the speaker and the scene
C.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
D.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A list stanza — D (piles up items to build a picture) 2. The title — C (names the subject before the first line) 3. The final stanza — A (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 4. A middle stanza — B (develops the idea with a new detail)
2.1. The opening stanza — B (introduces the speaker and the scene) 2. A refrain — C (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 3. A rhyming couplet — A (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 4. A stanza break — D (a blank line that marks a shift in idea)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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