Review "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"

What is the speaker's approximate age?

• Maybe 20s

• Maybe teens

• Maybe 30s

• Maybe younger than 10

What phrase is repeated many times?

• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

• ...doesn't frighten me at all

• I am not scared

• Be gone with the scaries!

What fear does the speaker face that is "real?"

• panthers in the park

• monsters under the bed

• someone pulling her hair

• dragons attacking

This poem fits best into the poetic genre of _____.

• epic poem

  (telling a long story in a direct way)

  limerick,

  nursery rhyme,

  haiku,

• nursery rhyme

  (delivering a simple message in a fun way)

• limerick

  (describing a brief incident in a humorous way)

• haiku

  (giving a structured description of something in nature)

Select TWO words to describe the tone/location of the setting.

• silent

• mysterious

• creepy

• loud

One of the scary images mentioned is a fire-breathing dragon. This image comes from a _____ world.

• Fantasy

         

• Historical

• Realistic

• Humorous

Why does the speaker use repetitive language in this poem?

• It keeps away her bad dreams.

• There is no repetition in this poem.

• It helps her to be strong against her classmates.

• It helps her face up to her fears.

____________ are sing-song words in varying meters, used to dismiss fear.

• Lines 13 - 21

• The last two stanzas.

• The first two stanzas.

• Lines 28 - 40

What is the rhyme pattern of this stanza?

Don’t show me frogs and snakes

And listen for my scream,

If I’m afraid at all

It’s only in my dreams.

• ABBA

• AABB

• ABCB

• ABAB

This poem does not have any imagery.

• FALSE

• TRUE

• Maybe

• What is imagery?