life doesn't frighten me at all quiz

What can be inferred about the poem’s speaker from the author’s use of language?

• the speaker is a young girl

• the speaker is a young boy

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The lines “If I’m afraid at all / It’s only in my dreams” emphasize that the speaker is —

• brave in the face of danger

• scared of waking up

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The meter of the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” is most suggestive of

• a nursery rhyme, making a simple statement in a silly way

• a haiku, giving a pretty description of something in nature

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1 Shadows on the wall

2.Noises down the hall

3.Life doesn’t frighten me at all

4.Bad dogs barking loud

Read lines 1–2 from the poem. Which two words best describe this setting?

• silent

• mysterious

• creepy

• loud

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Line 10: "Dragons breathing flame"

From which genre (topic) does the author borrow the imagery in line 10?

• fantasy

• historical fiction

• adventurous stories

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Which lines in the poem describe the act of driving off fear?

Read Lines 7-20

7 Mean old Mother Goose

8 Lions on the loose

9 They don’t frighten me at all

10 Dragons breathing flame

11 On my counterpane

12 That doesn’t frighten me at all.

13 I go boo

14 Make them shoo

15 I make fun

16 Way they run

17 I won’t cry

18 So they fly

19 I just smile

20 They go wild

• lines 7-11

• lines 13-20

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Which lines describe the most realistic threat to the poem’s speaker?

• lines 7-8

  Mean old Mother Goose

  Lions on the loose

• lines 28-29

  That new classroom where

  Boys all pull my hair

• lines 39-40

  I can walk the ocean floor

  And never have to breathe

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Why are the last two stanzas important to the poem?

(stanza 1)

I’ve got a magic charm

That I keep up my sleeve,

I can walk the ocean floor

And never have to breathe.

(stanza 2)

Life doesn’t frighten me at all

Not at all

Not at all.

Life doesn’t frighten me at all.

• They are hair-raising words in varying meters, used to inspire fear.

• They are sing-song words in varying meters, used to dismiss fear

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When is the poem’s speaker the most defenseless against fear?

That new classroom where

Boys all pull my hair

or

If I’m afraid at all

It’s only in my dreams.

• When in a new classroom

• When dreaming

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Which two statements describe the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”? (choose 2)

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

• The poem uses imagery that appeals to sight, sound, and touch.

• The poem’s title is also used as a refrain.

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