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