Personal Narratives
What are the characteristics of a personal narrative?
1. must be true
2. can be made up
3. the author is not involved in a personal narrative
4. author writes about a story that has happened to them
5. is written from a first-person point view
Must be true, author writes a story that has happened to them, and a personal narrative is written from a first-person point of view
Directions: Select the best sentence to represent strong detail and description (showing not telling).Sentence: Joey threw the ball to the catcher
Joey tossed the ball to the catcher
He threw the ball to the catcher, and then Joey threw another ball to the catcher.
As sweat dripped off his brow, Joey, exhausted, tossed the ball to the catcher.
Joey threw the ball in the air to the catcher.
As sweat dripped off his brow, Joey, exhausted, tossed the ball to the catcher.
What phrase is a simile?
1."I clip it on a handrail"
2."It's like looking into heaven"
3."It's paradise"
4."We can see the roundness of our home, our home planet."
2."It's like looking into heaven"
Fix this phrase with the correct punctuation.
My brother shouted bring back my bike or I'm telling mom.
My brother shouted, "Bring back my bike or I'm telling mom!"
What is point of view?
How they see the story occuring and who is telling the story
What is the meaning of the term 'nonfiction'?
A true story
Directions: Select the best sentence to represent strong detail and description (showing not telling). Sentence: Timmy ordered a pizza from the waiter.
1. Timmy was hungry and ordered a pizza.
2.Ready to eat, Timmy ordered pizza from the waiter at the restaurant he was at.
3.“I want to order a pizza,” Timmy said to the waiter.
4.Timmy impatiently scanned the menu for options then demanded the waiter bring a pizza.
Timmy impatiently scanned the menu for options then demanded the waiter bring a pizza.
What two things are being compared in the following simile?
The thin, slender girl was like a new moon.
girl and new moon
Is that a piece of gum in your mouth Mrs. McGuire asked.
"Is that a piece of gum in your mouth?" Mrs. McGuire asked.
Perspective or Point of View? How a character views things based on their background. What shapes the lens. How the story is told
Perspective
What is first-person
Told from the narrator's perspective
What is a verb?
A word that shows action
What two things are being compared in the follow metaphor?
The calm, still lake was a mirror in the early hours of the morning.
lake and mirrow
Identify the best way to correct the following sentence: He said, Well, I'm going to have you arrested.
add quotation marks before Well and after the period
What is the difference between point of view and perspective
Point of view is who is telling the story
Perspective is how they are telling the story.
Why should you use lots of vivid details in a personal narrative
You want your readers to imagine that situation
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a verb
What is the meaning of the personification in the following example?
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning?
The author is awoken by their alarm clock each morning.
What is the tag in a dialogue sentence?
The tag tells the reader who is talking.
Passage B: "The lady on the bus made me so angry when she would not comply with my rules. She knew that colored people were not allowed to sit near the front of the bus, and the whites needed her seat. Why did she question my authority? I was able to get her arrested for not doing as she was told. She was wrong for thinking that she could sit anywhere she wanted. African Americans and white people are not supposed to be mixed. They must separate for a good reason," thought the bus driver.
What kind of point of view does the above passage show? Explain
Negative
This is the central idea of message in a text?
Theme
Directions: Select the option that replaces the action verb in each sentence with a stronger verb choice with similar meaning. The shark ate the whale.
1. The shark devoured the whale.
2.The shark ate the big whale.
3.The Great White shark ate the whale.
4.The shark chased the whale.
1. The shark devoured the whale.
When I arrived home, I grabbed an easy dinner out of the freezer and popped it into the microwave. After a few minutes, the microwave told me that my TV dinner was done and ready to be taken out. I cut some fresh strawberries to go with my dinner. I took my dinner into the living room, set it on the TV tray and turned on my favorite show, Stranger Things, to watch while I enjoyed my meal.
What non-human object is being personified in the short story? and What is the human quality being given to the non-human object from question 13?
microwave and told me
What is found inside the quotation marks in a dialogue sentence?
The exact words that are said are what is found inside the quotation marks.
Rosa Parks began a movement that others like her, were not brave enough to start. As she was told to give up her seat, two other African Americans stood up and followed the directions the bus driver gave them. Not Rosa, she stayed sitting because she knew that it was not right to be mistreated. Rosa is a hero for being an important part of the Civil Right's Movement.
What kind of point of view does the above passage show? positive or negative? Explain.
positive