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 13 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 contrasting stanza
The turn
A list stanza
A rhyme scheme
A.the point where the mood or argument changes
B.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
C.piles up items to build a picture
D.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The title
A rhyming couplet
A middle stanza
A line break
A.develops the idea with a new detail
B.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
C.ends a line early to make the reader pause
D.names the subject before the first line
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A contrasting stanza — B (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 2. The turn — A (the point where the mood or argument changes) 3. A list stanza — C (piles up items to build a picture) 4. A rhyme scheme — D (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines)
2.1. The title — D (names the subject before the first line) 2. A rhyming couplet — B (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. A middle stanza — A (develops the idea with a new detail) 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.