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 middle stanza
A rhyming couplet
The turn
A stanza break
A.the point where the mood or argument changes
B.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
C.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
D.develops the idea with a new detail
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The opening stanza
A contrasting stanza
The final stanza
A list stanza
A.introduces the speaker and the scene
B.piles up items to build a picture
C.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
D.brings the poem's ideas to a close
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Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A middle stanza — D (develops the idea with a new detail) 2. A rhyming couplet — C (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. The turn — A (the point where the mood or argument changes) 4. A stanza break — B (a blank line that marks a shift in idea)
2.1. The opening stanza — A (introduces the speaker and the scene) 2. A contrasting stanza — C (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 3. The final stanza — D (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 4. A list stanza — B (piles up items to build a picture)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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