Personal Narratives
What point of view and words is used in Personal Narratives?
What is a real First Person Point of View I, me, and my
The baby's cheeks were as soft as pillows. What literary device is being used?
What is a Simile
Your teacher announces there will be no homework tonight, and the class is ecstatic. What does ecstatic mean?
What is Very happy/thrilled
What do we call details that describe what we see, hear, smell, taste, or feel?
What is sensory details
What do we call the most important overall idea in a passage?
What is main idea/central idea
A personal narrative usually tells about what kind of event?
What is a real experience from the narrator’s life.
The sun smiled down on us as we walked to the park. What literary device is being used?
What is Personification
The dog barked incessantly until its owner came home. What does incessantly mean?
What is Continuously/without stopping
What is the author's or narrator's attitude or feeling toward a subject called?
What is Tone
When you use information from a passage to prove your answer, what are you using?
What is text evidence/supporting details
What text structure usually organizes the events in a personal narrative?
What is Chronological order beginning, middle, end.
My little brother is a tornado when he gets home from school. What literary device is being used?
What is a Metaphor
Which would be more discernible in a basket of green apples: another green apple or a bright purple ball? Explain.
What is the bright purple ball because it would be easier to notice or recognize.
Read: The warm cookies crumbled in my mouth as the sweet smell of chocolate filled the kitchen. Why did the author include these sensory details?
What is to help the reader imagine/experience the scene or to show rather than simply tell.
Read: Jordan stood backstage. His hands shook, his stomach felt strange, and he kept looking toward the exit. What can you infer about Jordan?
What he is nervous/scared about going onstage.
Read: At first, I was terrified to ride the roller coaster. When the ride ended, I jumped out of my seat and begged to go again! What changed during this experience?
What is the narrator’s perspective/feelings changed from scared to excited.
Change this sentence into a simile: The snow was bright.
What is The snow was as bright as a flashlight.
Any answer using like or as is correct
What tool is designed to hold something firmly in place?
What is Vise grips
Read: “Don't worry,” Mia whispered as she squeezed her little brother's hand. “I'm right here.” What can the dialogue tell us about Mia's relationship with her brother?
What is they have a caring/close relationship; Mia is comforting or protecting him.
Four events happen in a story:
Put them in chronological order.
What is 2 → 4 → 3 → 1
Name three characteristics of a personal narrative.
What is a true experience, involves the narrator, uses first person, includes thoughts/feelings, and/or usually presents events chronologically.
The alarm clock screamed at me from across the room. Identify the figurative language AND explain how you know.
Personification because an alarm clock cannot literally scream; it is being given a human action.
This scientific instrument can be used by astronomers to analyze light and learn about objects in space. What is it?
What is a spectrograph
An author creates a graphic essay using both writing and illustrations. Why might the author include the illustrations?
What is the images add meaning to the words and help communicate the author's experience or ideas.
Nina practiced the piano every afternoon for two months. Even when a song was difficult, she slowed down and practiced each section again. At the recital, she played the entire song without stopping.
What can you infer about Nina? Give two pieces of evidence to support your answer.
Nina is hardworking/determined. Evidence: she practiced every afternoon for two months, and she continued practicing difficult sections instead of giving up.