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 16 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 line break
The final stanza
The opening stanza
A middle stanza
A.ends a line early to make the reader pause
B.brings the poem's ideas to a close
C.develops the idea with a new detail
D.introduces the speaker and the scene
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A refrain
A list stanza
The turn
A stanza break
A.piles up items to build a picture
B.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
C.the point where the mood or argument changes
D.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A line break — A (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 2. The final stanza — B (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 3. The opening stanza — D (introduces the speaker and the scene) 4. A middle stanza — C (develops the idea with a new detail)
2.1. A refrain — B (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 2. A list stanza — A (piles up items to build a picture) 3. The turn — C (the point where the mood or argument changes) 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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