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 22 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 line break
The opening stanza
A rhyming couplet
A rhyme scheme
A.introduces the speaker and the scene
B.ends a line early to make the reader pause
C.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
D.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A middle stanza
A stanza break
A contrasting stanza
A refrain
A.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
B.develops the idea with a new detail
C.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
D.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A line break — B (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 2. The opening stanza — A (introduces the speaker and the scene) 3. A rhyming couplet — C (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 4. A rhyme scheme — D (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines)
2.1. A middle stanza — B (develops the idea with a new detail) 2. A stanza break — A (a blank line that marks a shift in idea) 3. A contrasting stanza — C (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 4. A refrain — D (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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