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 18 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.
The turn
A list stanza
A line break
A refrain
A.ends a line early to make the reader pause
B.piles up items to build a picture
C.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
D.the point where the mood or argument changes
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A contrasting stanza
A rhyming couplet
The final stanza
A middle stanza
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.develops the idea with a new detail
C.brings the poem's ideas to a close
D.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The turn — D (the point where the mood or argument changes) 2. A list stanza — B (piles up items to build a picture) 3. A line break — A (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 4. A refrain — C (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together)
2.1. A contrasting stanza — D (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 2. A rhyming couplet — A (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. The final stanza — C (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 4. A middle stanza — B (develops the idea with a new detail)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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