Life Doesn't Frighten Me Poem

The speaker of a poem

• the author

• the main character

• the person reading the poem

• can be the author or a fictional character

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Tone is

• the author's or speaker's attitude toward his/her subject

• the reader's attitude toward what he/she is reading

• the overall feeling of the poem

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Rhyme scheme is

• when two words have the same ending sound

• when two words have the same beginning sound

• the pattern of end rhyme

• rhyme within a line

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The purpose of repetition is to

• help the reader memorize the poem

• help the author memorize the poem

• emphasize important ideas in a poem

• emphasize words that are difficult to understand

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A message about life that is usually not directly expressed in a poem or other written work is

• theme

• tone

• mood

• message

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The speaker of "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is

• a child, specifically a girl

• a child, specifically a boy

• Maya Angelou

• whomever is reading the poem

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One theme of "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is

• people of all ages can and should face their fears with courage.

• that fears of the dark, dogs barking, and shadows are common.

• girls have more fears than boys.

• people do not need to face their fears to have a good life.

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The author of "Life Doesn't Frighten" me is

• Mother Goose

• Margaret Peterson Haddix

• Maya Angelou

• Graham Salisbury

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One of the real fears mentioned in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" is

• dragons on my counterpane

• big ghosts in a cloud

• mean old mother goose

• noises down the hall

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An imaginary fear in "Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All" is

• shadows on the wall

• bad dogs barking loud

• dragons breathing flame

• boys pulling my hair

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