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 9 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
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 contrasting stanza
A rhyme scheme
A middle stanza
A.the pattern of rhymes that links the lines
B.ends a line early to make the reader pause
C.develops the idea with a new detail
D.shows the opposite of the stanza before it
2.Write the letter of the job each part does in a poem.
The final stanza
The title
A refrain
A rhyming couplet
A.a pair of rhyming lines that sums up a point
B.repeats lines to tie the stanzas together
C.names the subject before the first line
D.brings the poem's ideas to a close
LessonPrint · RL.5.5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How the Stanzas Fit Together
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A line break — B (ends a line early to make the reader pause) 2. A contrasting stanza — D (shows the opposite of the stanza before it) 3. A rhyme scheme — A (the pattern of rhymes that links the lines) 4. A middle stanza — C (develops the idea with a new detail)
2.1. The final stanza — D (brings the poem's ideas to a close) 2. The title — C (names the subject before the first line) 3. A refrain — B (repeats lines to tie the stanzas together) 4. A rhyming couplet — A (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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