Personal Narratives

Personal Narratives tell stories about other people's lives.

• True
• False

Remember, you are writing just for yourself, not others.

• True
• False

Personal Narratives must contain: 
-the writer's old belief stated at the beginning
-a clear sequence of events
-a beginning, middle, and end
-descriptive details and dialogue
-the writer's new belief clearly stated at the end

• True
• False

Another term for Sequence of Events is

• chronological order
• time order words

Time Order Words help a story to communicate the significance of the events in the story in a clear and ordered fashion.

• True
• False

A controlling idea

• tells all the other ideas in the story what to do
• is the central idea for the story...it tells why the story is important

The controlling idea of the story is introduced at the 

• beginning of the story.
• in the middle of the story.
• at the end of the story.

The writer clearly states their old belief 

• at the beginning of the story.
• in the middle of the story.
• at the end of the story.
• anywhere in the story.

The writer tells about the experience that changed their thinking

• in the beginning of the story.
• in the middle of the story.
• at the end of the story.
• in any part of the story.

The writer summarizes how the experience changed their thinking

• in the beginning of the story.
• in the middle of the story.
• at the end of the story
• anywhere in the story