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 line break
A middle stanza
The final stanza
The title
A.develops the idea with a new detail
B.brings the poem's ideas to a close
C.ends a line early to make the reader pause
D.names the subject before the first line
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
A contrasting stanza
The turn
A rhyme scheme
A rhyming couplet
A.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
B.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
C.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
D.the point where the mood or argument changes
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Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A line break — C (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 2. A middle stanza — A (develops the idea with a new detail) 3. The final stanza — B (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 4. The title — D (names the subject before the first line)
2.1. A contrasting stanza — A (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 2. The turn — D (the point where the mood or argument changes) 3. A rhyme scheme — C (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines) 4. A rhyming couplet — B (a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point)
More practice for RL.5.5
Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
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