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

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

• autobiography

• fiction

• poetry

• horror

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"

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

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

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

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

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