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WorksheetsLife Doesn't Frighten Me
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Who is the speaker from the poem and what is the text evidence?
A young girl
A young boy
Lines 29 & 33-34
Lines 4-5
The meter (or beat) of the poem
narrative poem where it is like telling a long story
A limerick- a structured rhyming joke
a nursery rhyme, making a statement in a silly way
haiku- a Japanese poem about nature
Which lines in stanza 1 describe the setting as mysterious and creepy?
Lines 1-2
Lines 3-4
Lines 6
What genre would you find dragons in?
Adventure Stories
Fantasy
Historial Fiction
Humor
How does the poem show fear being pushed 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
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
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Don’t show me frogs and snakes
And listen for my scream,
If I’m afraid at all
It’s only in my dreams.
What is the most realistic threat?
Big ghosts
Mean Mother Goose
Boys pulling hair
Walking on the ocean floor
What is the importance of the last two stanzas?
they are warning us
making us laugh
inspiring us
make fear go away
When is the speaker most likely to be scared?
Lines 28-29
Lines 35-36
Lines 39-40
Lines 8-9
What does the speaker say made them strong?
Curly hair
Magic charm
Barking Dogs
Strangers
Pick two sentences that describe the poem.
It is about the fear of getting older
It is a long scary dream
Imagery that uses the senses
It is couplets
The title of the poem is also a refrain.
Which of the following best describes the type of poetry used for "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"
Free verse poetry because some stanzas were longer or shorter than others and some lines didn't even rhyme.
It was a haiku because the poem had 3 lines with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.
The poem was a limerick because it was funny and used the rhyme scheme aabba
The poem was a sonnet which only has fourteen lines.
How did the language contribute to the mood of the poem?
Talking about dragons and panthers gives the poem a mood of strengths and bravery while phrases such as "I go boo" makes the poem fun.
The use of childish babble made the poem immature
By using only academic language made the poem sound like a grown up talking.
The poem used only mean language to convey anger.
