Analyzing "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" HR2

What is the point of view of the narrator/speaker?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• none of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• autobiography

• fiction

• poetry

• horror

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which phrase is the best clue that the poem's speaker is a child?

• "life doesn't frighten me at all"

• "I can walk on the ocean floor"

• "Mean old Mother Goose"

• "Tough guys in a fight"

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line most clearly shows that the speaker is a girl?

• mean old mother goose

  lions on the loose

• I make fun

  way they run

• I go boo

  Make them shoo

• That new classroom where

  boys pull my hair

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which of these is a fear of something real?

• noises down the hall

• big ghosts in a cloud

• mean old mother goose

• dragons breathing flames

Which of these is fear of something imaginary?

• bad dogs barking loud

• all alone at night

• dragons breathing flames

• shadows on the wall

Using context clues, what definition most likely matches the word shoo as it is used in the 5th stanza?

• be quiet

• be scared

• run away

• be more like the narrator/speaker

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Read the following lines from the poem;

I won't cry

So they fly

I just smile

They go wild

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

• the narrator/speaker bullies her enemies

• the narrator/speaker's enemies are upset that they cannot frighten her

• the narrator/speaker is in a tropical setting

• the narrator/speaker is only pretending to be brave

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Using context clues, what definition most likely matches the word KISSY as it is used in stanza 9?

• overly affectionate; giving lots of kisses

• stuck-up

• rude; inconsiderate of others

• prissy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What can the reader infer about the narrator/speaker based on the following lines?

Don't show me frogs and snakes

And listen to my scream,

If I'm afraid at all

It's only in my dreams

• the narrator/speaker is scared very easily

• reptiles fascinate her

• she wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up

• she is not scared easily

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5