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
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 middle stanza
The final stanza
A list stanza
The opening stanza
A.piles up items to build a picture
B.develops the idea with a new detail
C.brings the poem's ideas to a close
D.introduces the speaker and the scene
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A rhyming couplet
The title
A contrasting stanza
A rhyme scheme
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
C.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
D.names the subject before the first line
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Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A middle stanza — B (develops the idea with a new detail) 2. The final stanza — C (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 3. A list stanza — A (piles up items to build a picture) 4. The opening stanza — D (introduces the speaker and the scene)
2.1. A rhyming couplet — A (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 2. The title — D (names the subject before the first line) 3. A contrasting stanza — B (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 4. A rhyme scheme — C (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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