Unit 3: Life Doesn't Frighten Me

Why does the author repeat the line “Life doesn’t frighten me at all?”

• To help over come her fears

• To help the reader not forget the title

• To tell that some people have a few fears

• To suggest that she is braver than her classmates

Read lines 1-2 from the poem:

"Shadows on the wall/Noises down the hall"

Which word best describe the setting?

• silent

• mysterious

• distant

• loud

Read line 10 from the poem:

"Dragons breathing flame"

From which type of fiction does the poet borrow the imagery from?

• realistic

• fantasy

• historical

• humorous

Which lines in the poem best support the idea that the speaker knows how to keep her fears away?

• Shadows on the wall, Noises down the hall, Life doesn't frighten me at all, Bad dogs barking loud, Big ghosts in a cloud, Life doesn't frighten me at all

• Mean old Mother Goose, Lions on the loose, They don't frighten me at all, Dragons breathing flame, On my counterpane, That doesn't frighten me at all

• I go boo, Make them shoo, I make fun, Way they run, I won't cry, So they fly, I just smile, They go wild

• Panthers in the park, Strangers in the dark, No, They don't frighten me at all

Which lines describe the most realistic threat to the poems speaker?

• Big ghosts in a cloud

• Mean old Mother Goose, Lions on the loose

• That new classroom where, Boys all pull my hair

• Dragons breathing flame, on my counterpane

When does the poems speaker say she might be scared?

• Alone during the morning

• In her dreams

• Walking to school

• Battling bears

Which item does the poems speaker claim as a special source of strength?

• Curly hair

• Magic charm

• Barking dogs

• A stranger in the dark

Which statement below is true about the poem, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”?

• The poem is about a child’s fear of growing up

• The poem is about an older person remembering her childhood

• The poem's title is used throughout the poem as a refrain

• The poem is about a person’s fear of heights.

What can the reader infer about the speaker in the selection?

• She is a baby

• She is a mother

• She is an old person

• She is a school-aged child

Who is the author of the poem?

• Maya Angelou

• Shel Silverstein

• Lanston Hughes

• Lois Lowry