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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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.
The opening stanza
The final stanza
A rhyme scheme
A list stanza
A.piles up items to build a picture
B.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
C.introduces the speaker and the scene
D.brings the poem's ideas to a close
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The title
A rhyming couplet
A line break
A refrain
A.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
B.names the subject before the first line
C.ends a line early to make the reader pause
D.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 25 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The opening stanza — C (introduces the speaker and the scene) 2. The final stanza — D (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 3. A rhyme scheme — B (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines) 4. A list stanza — A (piles up items to build a picture)
2.1. The title — B (names the subject before the first line) 2. A rhyming couplet — D (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. A line break — C (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 4. A refrain — A (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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