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Grade 5 Poetry Elements Worksheet with Answers
Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · English
Unit 4: Reading LiteraturePoetryCCSS RL.5.5
Stanzas, rhyme, rhythm, meter and poem forms like haiku, limerick and sonnet. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 5 · English
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Learning goal: Poetry · CCSS RL.5.5
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
What is one line of a poem called?
Answer: a line (or verse)
RememberRhyme scheme
Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.
- 1What is a poem that doesn't rhyme or follow a set rhythm called?
- 2What is a poem with 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables called?
- 3What is a four-line stanza called?
- 4What is a funny five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme called?
- 5What do we call the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines?
- 6What is the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables called?
- AQuatrain
- BRhyme scheme
- CHaiku
- DFree verse
- EMeter
- FLimerick
Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
- 7
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
- 8
What do we call words that end with the same sound?
- 9
What is the beat or pattern of sounds in a poem called?
- 10
What is a line or phrase repeated throughout a poem called?
- 11
What do we call the speaker's attitude in a poem?
- 12
How many lines does a sonnet have?
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Answer key — Poetry Elements (Grade 5)
- 1.D — free verse
- 2.C — a haiku
- 3.A — a quatrain
- 4.F — a limerick
- 5.B — rhyme scheme
- 6.E — meter
- 7.a stanza
- 8.rhyming words
- 9.rhythm
- 10.a refrain
- 11.tone
- 12.14
- ★a cold
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.D — free verse
- 2.C — a haiku
- 3.A — a quatrain
- 4.F — a limerick
- 5.B — rhyme scheme
- 6.E — meter
- 7.a stanza
- 8.rhyming words
- 9.rhythm
- 10.a refrain
- 11.tone
- 12.14
- ★a cold (challenge corner)
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