Life Doesn't Frighten Me HR1

What genre (type) of writing is "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"?

• Autobiography

• Fiction

• Poetry

• Horror

Read the following lines from the selection:

Lions on the lose

What type of figurative language is being used?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

The author uses figurative language in the previous question to-

• use sensory language to make the reader feel the experience of the poem

• create a rhythm in speech

• distract the reader

• both A and C

Using context clues, what definition most likely matches the word SHOO as it is used in line 14 of the poem?

• be quiet

• be scared

• run away

• be more like the narrator

What word(s) help the reader determine the meaning of the word SHOO from the previous questions?

• way

• boo

• run

• all of these

Read stanza 5

What can the reader MOST reasonably infer based on these lines?

• The speaker bullies her enemies.

• The speaker's enemies are upset that they cannot frighten her.

• The speaker is in a tropical setting.

• The speaker is only pretending to be brave.

Using context clues, what definition most likely matches the word KISSY as it is used in line 30 of the poem?

• Overly affectionate; giving lots of kisses

• stuck-up

• rude; inconsiderate of other people

• young

What can the reader most reasonably infer about the speaker based on lines 33-34 of the poem?

• The speaker is scared very easily.

• The speaker is fascinated by reptiles.

• She wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up.

• She is not scared easily.

Read the following lines from the selection:

If I'm afraid at all

It's only in my dreams

What is the author's primary purpose of including these lines?

• To show that she has frequent nightmares and cannot sleep.

• To show that she never has pleasant dreams.

• To show that she is not afraid when she is awake.

• All of these.

What literary device is being used with the lines "Life doesn't frighten me at all" throughout the poem?

• flashback

• rhyme

• repetition

• imagery