Personal Narratives

Personal Narrative

Learning Goal:

• I can identify dialogue, sensory details, and characters in a narrative

Multiple Choice

A personal narrative uses words like...

• he, she, them, they
• I, me, my mine, myself

Multiple Choice

A personal narrative should be about an important...

• event in history
• a song that you like
• time in your life
• your family's memories

Multiple Choice

A kind of writing that tells a story is a __________.

• dialogue

• author's purpose

• narrative writing

• conflict

Multiple Choice

Your narrative should have a

• beginning

• middle

• end

• All of the above

Dialogue

• What the characters say to each other

• The conversations you had

• Use quotation marks

Multiple Choice

Dialogue is...

• the conversation between characters

• where and when the narrative takes place

• the events of the narrative

Multiple Choice

Which example of dialogue is punctuated correctly?

• "Be careful, the floor is wet," he said.

• "Be careful, the floor is wet, he said."

• Be careful, the floor is wet, he said.

Fill in the Blanks

Find an example of dialogue in the paragraph below.

Robert grimaced. Then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and plucked out the soft meat. "Amy, your favorite," he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.

Sensory Details

• See, touch, taste, smell, hear

• Gives the reader extra information

• You can close your eyes and "see" what is happening

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses sensory details?

• I could tell my brother was proud of me when I won the race.

• My brother was really proud of me when I won the race.

• My brother's warm, big smile and firm hug showed me how proud my brother was of me for wining the race.

Multiple Choice

True or False. Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story.

• True
• False

Characters & Character Traits

• The people in your narrative

• Their actions, words, thoughts, feelings show us more about who they are

• Traits: kind, helpful, mean, nice, thoughtful...

Multiple Choice

The people or animals in a narrative are the

• setting

• characters

• plot

• sequence

Fill in the Blanks

Who are the characters?

I fell in love with the minister's son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese, but as white as Mary in the manger. For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose.

Multiple Choice

The events & what happens in a narrative

• setting

• character

• plot

• dialogue

Multiple Choice

The time and place in which the narrative takes place is..

• plot

• character

• dialogue

• setting

Multiple Choice

How quickly or slowly the story is narrated is called...

• pacing

• brainstorming

• dialogue

• evidence