Personal Narrative
This point of view uses words such as I, me, my, and we.
What is first-person point of view?
These details from a passage help readers support their answers.
What is text evidence?
This word means something happens once every year.
What is annual?
This type of figurative language compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This illness is the central challenge Peg Kehret experiences in Small Steps.
What is polio?
These are two important characteristics of a personal narrative.
What are telling a personal experience and using first-person narration?
This describes a person's personality, such as being determined, brave, or resourceful.
What is a character trait?
This word means to look steadily or carefully at something.
What is gazed?
This type of figurative language directly compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This type of account is written by someone who personally experienced an event.
What is a firsthand account?
This text structure organizes events in the order they happened.
What is chronological order?
A girl stays after school to help a classmate understand a difficult assignment. These two character traits best describe her.
What are kindness and helpfulness?
This word describes the way a story, passage, or essay is organized.
What is structure?
In the sentence "The nervous student was a statue during the performance," this figurative language is being used.
What is a metaphor?
This type of account describes events or experiences the author did not personally witness.
What is a secondhand account?
A story begins with a student entering a classroom and ends with the student returning to that same classroom after a life-changing experience. This is why the ending is effective.
What is connecting the beginning and ending while showing how the character has changed?
A student smiles, cheers, and jumps out of their seat after receiving test results. This emotion can be inferred from the student's actions.
What is excitement or happiness?
Doctors use this word when they identify an illness or medical condition.
What is diagnosis?
This punctuation mark belongs between spoken dialogue and the dialogue tag in the sentence: "I cannot wait to go" shouted Maya.
What is a comma?
Peg's mother finds a creative way to help her daughter when the usual hospital rules are not working. This character trait describes her ability to solve the problem.
What is resourcefulness?
This is the purpose of an informational article explaining how a disease spreads
What is to inform the reader?
A reader concludes that a character is determined because the character continues studying after failing several tests. This is the process the reader used to reach that conclusion.
What is making an inference using text evidence?
This medical device helped some patients with polio breathe when their muscles could not work properly.
What is an iron lung?
A student quickly looks at the clock for only a second. This vivid verb best describes the action: stared, gazed, or glanced.
What is glanced?
An author describes a freezing drink sliding down someone's throat. These details help the reader imagine physical sensations.
What are sensory details?