Monday, April 7, 2014

Poetry Madness: Elite Eight, Game 3!

Choosing Shoes and Life Doesn't Frighten Me will face off. Answer each question below. Remember to explain WHY you chose the winner based on poet's craft (rhyme, line breaks, punctuation, simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition) AND your personal connection to the meaning. Don't forget to write with M.I.N.T.S.!


Your post needs to include the following:
1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)

2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one sentence)

3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY?

 ***Please tell me everything you think, but use your best writing. 

35 comments:

  1. The poem Choosing Shoes is about all the diffrent kinds of shoes you can buy in a store.

    The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a little girl saying that nothing in the world can scare her.

    I vote for Life Doesn't Frighten Me becuase it has an awesome, outstanding, amazing ryme schme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMNNOOPPP.

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  2. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who is getting new shoes. She is admiring how pretty all the other shoes and wishing she could have some. However, she knows she is getting regular shoes.

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a kid who is telling us all the things that scare other people but don't scare him. He thinks things don't scare him because he keeps a magic charm.

    I chose Choosing Shoes because it has a rhyme scheme. For example: the poem goes like this, AAA B AAA B, all the way through. It also uses imagery when it says, "Flat shoes, fat shoes,". It also is kind of a tongue twister.

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  3. The first poem, Choosing Shoes is about, a person who is at a shoe store. And he wants new shoes. But he doe not no which shoes.


    The second poem Life Doesn't Frighten me, is about a girl who is not afraid of any thing in her life.

    The winner is Life Doesn't Frighten me. I liked it because it used imagery. And it had a rhyme scheme which is AA BB CC DD. Thank you.

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  4. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who is talking about all the different shoes you could buy.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl who talks about all the things that scare other kids but they don't scare her.

    My favorite poem was,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, because of the imagery. For example, When it says," Shadows on the wall noises down the hall." I see an empty hall with scary shadows on the walls.

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  5. Life Dose't Frighten Me is about is about a person who is not scared of any thing and thing that frighten people. Also it is about how she can do any thing. Choosing Shoes is about a person taking about all kinds of types of shoe and people.I like Life doesn't Frighten me because l think that it is kind of not to be afraid and I also like how she said that she could walk on water referring to than to say you can do any thing.

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  6. Choosing Shoes is about a woman looking at her shoes and trying to choose which ones to wear

    Life Dosen't Frigten me is about a boy saying what he isn't afraid by desrcibing it in a poem

    I liked Life Dosen't Frigthen Me because of the description of all the things he's not afraid of,and I also liked it because it was about scary things.

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  7. The first poem, Choosing shoes, is about somebody talking about shoes and what kinds there are. I think this poem is good because there asking the reader what shoes he would buy if their parents let them.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person who names all of the scary stuff in life and she says she is not afraid of it. I like this poem because she acts like she is really brave.

    I think the winner is.... Life Doesn't Frighten Me because I like how the character is so brave and it has imagery. Also why I like this poem is because its rhyme scheme is AAB. Bye.

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  8. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about all the different kinds of shoes.
    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person explaining all the things that might frighten you, but not them.
    I think the winner is Life Doesn't Frighten Me. The reason I chose this poem as the winner is because of the imagery like,"Big ghosts in a cloud." and ,"Bad dogs barking loud." Another reason I chose this poem is because it reminds me not to be scared because all those things are make-believe.

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  9. The first poem is,Choosing Shoes, is about a girl going shopping and buying shoes.

    The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person naming all of the stuff that doesn't frighten him.

    I think the winner is ,Choosing Shoes, because I like how the character names all kinds of shoes.The rhyme scheme is AAABAAABAAA.

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  10. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about somebody who is scared of everything and then he faces his fears and is not afraid of anything.

    The second poem,Choosing Shoes, is about a kid who wants new shoes so he goes to the store. He is trying to pick some out but there is so many choices he doesn't know whick ones to pick.

    I chose the poem,Choosing Shoes, I chose this poem because it has a good story and it has ryme scheme A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B that is why I chose the poem,Choosing Shoes by Ffrida Wolfe.

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  11. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about girl who is explaining all these different shoes.
    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl who isn't afraid of anything and if she is it is a dream.
    I choose Choosing Shoes because it is more entertaining then Life doesn't frighten Me. In the poem the author uses the imagery. He also uses the rhyme scheme AAA, B, AAA, B, AAA, B, C, AAA, B.

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  12. The first poem,choosing shoes,is about a girl who is at a store and she can't choose what shoes she wants.

    Life doesn't frighten me is about a boy who names all most everything that could frighten u. But he isn't scared at all.



    I choose Choosing shoes as the winner because I thought it had more imagery than life doesn't frighten me. Also it had alliteration.

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  13. Choosing Shoes was about a girl who wanted to buy new shoes and stated all of the different types of shoes she wanted.

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me was about a girl who stated that life doesn't frighten her.

    I chose Choosing Shoes because I liked how the girl stated all of the different types of shoes there were.

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  14. The first poem,Choosing Shoes,is about kids who describe shoes with all shapes and sizes,but they always choose the same pair of shoes.

    The second,Life Doesn't Frighten Me,is about a girl who never gets scared and said she has a magic charm that will keep her from getting scared.

    I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it had great imagery.It made you feel like you were right with her not getting scared just like her.I thought it was a great poem because it tells you to not get scared if people are trying to freak you out.That is why I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me as the winner.

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  15. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, Is about someone with a wide verity of shoes that he is is having trouble choosing from.
    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, Is about someone who will not admit that things frighten (he or she).
    I picked, Life Doesn't Frighten me because it has like, A,A,A,B,B,A,C,C,A,D,D,A,E,E,F,F,G,G,H,H,A,I,I,A,J,J,A,K,K,L,L,A,M,N,A,N,O,P,Q,R,A,A,A,A.

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  16. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a boy or girl choosing new shoes but don't know witch syore to go to.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten me, is about how a girl who is not afraiad of the stuff in her life.

    The poem who should win should be Life Doesn't Frighten me because I like this poem's rhyme scheme witch is AA BB CC DD.

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  17. The first poem,Choosing Shoes,is about shoe,different kind of shoes.They all want to be bought but only the fat,flat shoes that can wipe on a mat are the kind that people buy.

    The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me,is about a kid that is naming all the things that frightens everyone but not him all because of his lucky charm.

    The winner for me is Life Doesn't Frighten Me.I chose that poem because I like the feeling and how brave he thinks he is.I also liked how the poem is laid out.This poem has a rhyme scheme at the beginning the the rhyme scheme fades out for example, A,A,A,B,B,A,C,C,A,D,D,A,E,E,F,F,G,G,H,H,A,I,I,A,J,J,A,K,K,L,L, and A then it fades away with words that don't rhyme.This poem also has repetition for example,all the A's in my rhyme scheme is the line,life doesn't frighten me.I like this poem.

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  18. some how rhyme scheme got deleted. sorry :(

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  19. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who is trying to figure out what shoes she wants.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a boy who is not scared of things.

    I chose as the winner is, Choosing Shoes, I chose this poem as the winner because I like when she described the shoes and made it rhyme. I also like how the author made the rhyme scheme really nicely. That is why I choose, Choosing Shoes as the winner.

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  20. Choosing shoes is about a girl who is getting new shoes but they don't know what to choose until she finds the perfect pair. It's rhyme scheme is AAABBB.
    Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a kid who is saying life doesn't frighten all the time, and all all the time too and he is saying that nothing scares him.
    I choose Life Doesn't Frighten me because it drew a lot of Imagery, it meant more, and it's rhyme scheme was. AAABBBCC etc.

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  21. I love ferrets! libbyApril 8, 2014 at 10:24 AM

    The poem, Choosing Shoes, is about kids who describe different kinds of shoes.

    The poem, Life Does Not Frighten Me, Is about a kid who names things that frighten everybody like monsters. The kid says that nothing scares him.

    I think the winner should be Life does not frighten me! I picked this poem, because I like how the kid says he is not scared of anything,and how he describes the monsters other people are scared of. I also like the imagery of this poem, I can see a boy thinking about monsters on his bed. GO LIFE DOES NOT FRIGHTEN ME!!

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  22. The first one, Choosing Shoes, is about all the different kinds of shapes, sizes, colors, and more! The second one, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about everything in life that doesn't frighten this person. I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because L like that it says everything in life that isn't frightening, the rhyme scheme is aaabbaccaddaeeffgghha, ect.

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  23. The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a boy who is brave and fierce and apparently nothing frightens him.

    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a child describing all of these shoes shapes, sizes and, colors.

    I chose, Life Dosen't Frighten Me because it's just a fun poem and i like the ryhme scheme.

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  24. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about shoes that are all different but I think they are trying to relate to life like people are all different and you just have to find the right ones.
    The second poem, Life dosen't frighten me, is about a person talking about all of the different things in life but almost all of them do not frighten them.
    I choose Chosing Shoes because I liked what it was about and what I mean by that is it is something everybody goes through choosing shoes which is like choosing friends.

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  25. Life Doesn't frighten we was about someone saying that nothing frightened him and that nothing will. Choosing Shoes was about someone choosing shoes and decribing the shoes that he of she could pick from. I liked the poem,Choosing shoes because I thought it was creative how the person decribed the shoes and the poem was very decriptive.

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  26. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who is going to the store and sees all kinds of fancy, colorful shoes, but she is only aloud to get the fat, flat, plain, boring shoes.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a boy saying scary things, and then saying that none of them frighten him.

    I chose Choosing Shoes. I chose it because I liked the rhyme scheme, AAABAAABAAABAAAB. I also chose it because of all the different kinds of shoes that the girl said. That is why I chose Choosing Shoes.

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  27. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, was about a kid asking for shoes like, buckle shoes, bow shoes, and flat shoes. The rhyme scheme is AAABCCCDEEEFGGGH.

    The second poem, life doesent frighten me is what I chose. Its about a person saying life dosent frighten her.

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  28. Reid Smith, Go tarheels!!!!!April 8, 2014 at 10:28 AM

    The first poem, Life doesn't frighten me, is about a boy who is not scared of anything, not even life.

    The second poem, Choosing shoes, is about a boy telling us about all the different shoes. He makes the names rhyme in it.

    I think the poem, Life doesn't frighten me should win. I like how the boy doesn't give up. I also like how the rhyme scheme in it fits perfectly. I think Life doesn't frighten me should go to the final four.

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  29. CARTER IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)April 8, 2014 at 10:30 AM

    Choosing Shoes is about a kid who tells about all of the shoes he wants and then he says all of the shoes he can get.

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a guy who is explaining all of the things that don't frighten him.

    I pick Choosing Shoes as the winner. I choose Choosing Shoes because Choosing Shoes has good rhyme scheme that I like. If you want to know the rhyme scheme it is... AAAB AAAB AAAB AAAB.

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  30. The first poem,Choosing Shoes,is about how people who are nice will get nice things,but people who do bad things will get bad stuff.

    The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me,is about how a girl or boy who doesn't get scared by what most kids are scared by.

    I chose Choosing Shoes because it tells people a lesson about how you should act.Also,the rhyme scheme is AAABAAABetc.

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  31. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a kid who is telling about the shoes he wants and about the different kind of shoes. He ends the poem by telling that his parents only choose.
    The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten me at all, is about a kid who is telling that he used to be scared of life. The kid overcomes his fear in this funny poem!
    I choose... Life Doesn't Frighten me at all, as winner. I liked how the poet wrote a funny poem about a common thing: FRIGHT. The poet rhymed a lot. I loved this poem!

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  32. AWESOME AND AMAZING Libby claireApril 8, 2014 at 11:47 AM

    The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about someone who is having things that most of the time frighten you but they are not frightening he\she, and he\she is saying that they don't frighten he\she

    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about some one who is trying to find the perfect shoe and they see all these shoes that they like, but at the end they find the perfect ones and they are flat shoes,stump-along-like-that shoes, and wipe-the-on-the-mat shoes.are not that

    The poem I choose is Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it is telling the reader that you don't have to be afraid of the thing that scare you they are not that scary. Also the writers craft is very interesting for example: A A A B B A C C A D D A etc.

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  33. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person who is going to buy shoes and he is telling about all different kinds of shoes.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a kid saying things that would frighten you and saying it doesn't frighten him.

    My favorite poem was Choosing Shoes because it was telling about really cool shoes.

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  34. The first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a kid who is choosing new shoes.The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a kid who says that life doesn't frighten him.I think the winner is Choosing shoes because i like choosing new shoes. I think the writers craft is imagery because choosing shoes gives me a image of a kid choosing new shoes, and Life Doesn't Frighten me gives a image of a kid standing around things he is not afraid of anything.

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  35. Choosing Shoes is about a boy that is choosing shoes that he wants. He has to look through a lot of shoes.
    Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a kid saying that life doesn't frighten him. Even if it is a dragon or lion.
    I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it is a very bentertaining story. another reason is that it is funny. The rhyme scheme is AAABBACCADDA ect.

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