Life Doesn't Frighten me at all

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

• A The speaker is a young girl

• B The speaker is a young boy

• C The speaker is an adult man

• D The speaker is an adult woman

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

• F a narrative poem, telling a long story in a direct way

• G a limerick, describing a brief incident in a humorous way

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

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

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

Select two answers.

• A Silent

• B Mysterious

• C Creepy

• D Distant

• E Loud

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From which genre (style of writing) does the author borrow the imagery in line 10?

"Dragons breathing flame"

• F Adventure stories

• G Fantasy

• H Historical fiction

• J Humor

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

Reread the poem and find the set of lines that show the narrator fighting against personal fears.

• A Lines 1-5

• B Lines 7-11

• C Lines 13-20

• D Lines 33-36

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

Reread the poem and find the set of lines that show real life threatening situations.

• F Lines 5-6

• G Lines 7-8

• H Lines 28-29

• J Lines 39-40

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Why are the last two stanzas important to the poem?

• A They are sad words in a fixed meter, used to warn the reader.

• B They are silly words in a fixed meter, used to amuse the reader.

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

• D 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? When is the the speaker unable to find courage against fear?

• F When in a new classroom

• G When dreaming

• H When on the ocean floor

• J When battling lions

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Which of these does the poem’s speaker claim as a special source of strength?

• A Curly hair

• B A magic charm

• C Barking dogs

• D A stranger in the dark

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Which two statements describe the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”?

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

• G The poem is about a long nightmare.

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

• J The poem is constructed entirely of couplets. (two lines that rhyme)

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

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