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 6 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 contrasting stanza
A rhyming couplet
A list stanza
A stanza break
A.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
B.piles up items to build a picture
C.a blank line that marks a shift in idea
D.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The title
A middle stanza
The turn
A line break
A.the point where the mood or argument changes
B.develops the idea with a new detail
C.names the subject before the first line
D.ends a line early to make the reader pause
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A contrasting stanza — A (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 2. A rhyming couplet — D (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point) 3. A list stanza — B (piles up items to build a picture) 4. A stanza break — C (a blank line that marks a shift in idea)
2.1. The title — C (names the subject before the first line) 2. A middle stanza — B (develops the idea with a new detail) 3. The turn — A (the point where the mood or argument changes) 4. A line break — D (ends a line early to make the reader pause)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
Teaching this next? How Chapters Fit Together is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.