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 19 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 rhyme scheme
A rhyming couplet
The title
A contrasting stanza
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
C.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
D.names the subject before the first line
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A list stanza
A middle stanza
A refrain
A stanza break
A.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
B.piles up items to build a picture
C.develops the idea with a new detail
D.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. 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. The title — D (names the subject before the first line) 4. A contrasting stanza — C (shows the opposite of the stanza before it)
2.1. A list stanza — B (piles up items to build a picture) 2. A middle stanza — C (develops the idea with a new detail) 3. A refrain — D (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 4. A stanza break — A (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.
Teaching this next? How Chapters Fit Together is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.