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 17 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
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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.
A rhyming couplet
A line break
The title
A rhyme scheme
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.names the subject before the first line
C.ends a line early to make the reader pause
D.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A list stanza
A refrain
The opening stanza
The final stanza
A.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
B.brings the poem's ideas to a close
C.introduces the speaker and the scene
D.piles up items to build a picture
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A rhyming couplet — A (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 2. A line break — C (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 3. The title — B (names the subject before the first line) 4. A rhyme scheme — D (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines)
2.1. A list stanza — D (piles up items to build a picture) 2. A refrain — A (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 3. The opening stanza — C (introduces the speaker and the scene) 4. The final stanza — B (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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