1a. How does the speaker confront scary things?
2a. What in the new classroom does the speaker mention?
3a. What does the speaker keep up her sleeve?
1b. How do these tactics help the speaker?
2b. How might these things be scary?
3b. How could that object help her?
4a. Identify all the things in the poem that the speaker is not frightened of.
4b. How does the speaker avoid being frightened of these things? What quality or characteristic does the speaker have that allows her to feel unafraid?
5a. In making the point that life doesn't frighten her at all, she mentions certain things that could possibly be scary. What do you think about the items she mentions? Do you think this is a good representation of scary things in life? Why, or why not?
5b. If you were to write a poem similar to this one, what items would you use to make the point that life doesn't frighten you at all?
Repetition. How does repetition affect the rhythm of this poem? What ideas are repeated? How does repeating these ideas create a particular mood?
Rhyme and Slant Rhyme. How does rhyme work with repetition in this poem?
Brainstorming. Make a list of five people, places, things, or ideas that frighten you.
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Then brainstorm a list of words that describe how these five items make you feel. Use a dictionary or a thesaurus to help you think of new words to add to this list.
Action Verbs. Action verbs are the words that refer to actions and to things you can do. Examples of action verbs include have, get, drive, run, sleep. List ten action verbs from "Life Doesn't Frighten Me Now."
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