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 14 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.
The title
A refrain
A list stanza
The opening stanza
A.piles up items to build a picture
B.names the subject before the first line
C.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
D.introduces the speaker and the scene
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A stanza break
A rhyming couplet
The final stanza
A contrasting stanza
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
C.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
D.brings the poem's ideas to a close
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The title — B (names the subject before the first line) 2. A refrain — C (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 3. A list stanza — A (piles up items to build a picture) 4. The opening stanza — D (introduces the speaker and the scene)
2.1. A stanza break — C (a blank line that marks a shift in idea) 2. A rhyming couplet — A (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. The final stanza — D (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 4. A contrasting stanza — B (shows the opposite of the stanza before it)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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