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 opening stanza
A contrasting stanza
A refrain
A stanza break
A.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
B.introduces the speaker and the scene
C.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
D.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A rhyme scheme
A rhyming couplet
A line break
The final stanza
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
C.ends a line early to make the reader pause
D.brings the poem's ideas to a close
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Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The opening stanza — B (introduces the speaker and the scene) 2. A contrasting stanza — D (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 3. A refrain — A (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 4. A stanza break — C (a blank line that marks a shift in idea)
2.1. A rhyme scheme — B (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines) 2. A rhyming couplet — A (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. A line break — C (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 4. The final stanza — D (brings the poem's ideas to a close)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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