Genre 101
This is any spoken or written account of events.
What is a narrative?
A series of stories based on memories about becoming and being a parent is called a personal narrative.
What is FALSE? (It is a memoir.)
This is the position from which the writer tells a story.
What is perspective?
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
Eager...Impatient...Enthusiastic...This is the positive connotation
What is ¨enthusiastic¨?
This is a written form of a writer´s perspective of a certain aspect or ¨theme¨ of or in his/her life.
What is a memoir?
A story about a writer´s specific memory (of a birthday party, for example) would be considered a memoir.
What is FALSE? (It is a personal narrative.)
First person...second person...third person
What are points of view?
What is connotation?
Diligent...Dedicated...Obsessed...This is the positive connotation.
What is ¨diligent¨?
Any story about a certain event or memory experienced by the writer falls into this sub-genre.
What is personal narrative?
A memoir is a longer piece of writing.
What is TRUE?
The POV that a writer would probably use if he/she was sharing the deepest, most inner thoughts of the main character.
What is first person?
True or False: Connotation must be either positive or negative.
What is FALSE? (They can also be neutral.)
Intruder...Guest...Visitor...This is the neutral connotation.
What is ¨visitor¨?
Who is the narrator?
Narratives can be fictional or non-fictional.
What is TRUE?
The POV that uses the pronouns ¨he, she, it, they, them,...¨.
What is third person?
This is the negative connotation of the word ¨smile¨.
What is ¨smirk¨? (Answers may vary.)
Tenacious...steadfast...stubborn...This is the negative connotation.
This is the point of view from which most personal narratives and memoirs are told/narrated.
What is first person POV?
A personal narrative is a non-fictional biographical story about a memory in the writer´s life that usually (but not always) ¨zooms in¨ on the event´s impact on the writer.
What is FALSE? (It is AUTObiographical as it is written by the person who experienced it.)
The POV which is rarely used in literature.
This is the positive connotation of the word ¨pushy¨.
What is ¨assertive¨? (Answers may vary.)
Stoic...Sullen...Serious...This is the neutral connotation.
What is ¨serious¨?