Personal Narrative 2
What is it called when a character is talking? This is what is within quotation marks.
dialogue
What can you do in your story to let your readers know what you are feeling?
use inner thinking
What is the complete subject of this sentence: The intelligent, loud students were extremely excited to play the game.
The intelligent, loud students
Personal narratives are most often told from this point of view.
First person
The mechanical corrections of a piece of writing, including spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and paragraphing.
Editing
List three things that always need to be capitalized.
Answers will vary.
Words or phrases that connect one idea to the next or show a change in time, location, or subject.
Transition words
The clouds are puffs of cotton in the sky. This is an example of what? (A comparison that does not use like)
Metaphor
Identify the action verb in the following sentence: Sally walked to the mall.
walked
Expressions that are not literally true but help the reader picture ordinary things in new ways (e.g. metaphor, similie, personification).
Figurative Language
The structure and format of writing; the logical sequence of ideas. It makes the story have a 'proper flow'
Organization
The perspective from which a story is told -1st, 2nd, or 3rd.
point of view
Name four ways that you can make a personal narrative into a story instead of a list.
Use dialogue, inner thinking, sensory details, and action.
What type of figurative language is being shown in the following sentence: As the sun set behind the dying trees, the sky was an angry ocean of blues and purples.
metaphor