Life Doesn't Frighten Me
On Turning 10
Comparison/Contrast
100
True or false: This is a rhyming poem.
What is true?
100
The speaker of the poem is a young ___________.
What is boy or man?
100
A discussion of how things are the same.
What is comparison?
200
The speaker is facing her ______________.
What are fears?
200
True or false: This is a rhyming poem.
What is false?
200
A discussion of how things are different.
What is contrast?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! The tone or attitude of the poem is this.
What is brave or courageous?
300
This is the tone or attitude of the poem.
What is sad or somber?
300
The ways things are the same.
What are similarities?
400
The speaker of the poem is a _____________________
What young girl?
400
In the first stanza, the poet compares growing older to this.
What are diseases?
400
The type of diagram used to organize ideas for a comparison/contrast essay.
What is a Venn diagram?
500
The poet who wrote "Life Doesn't Frighten Me."
Who is Maya Angelou?
500
DAILY DOUBLE! The poet who wrote "On Turning 10"
Who is Billy Collins?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: The main idea of your comparison/contrast essay is called this.
What is the controlling idea?
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