Quiz over White Lies, The Dare, and Narration

What does narrate mean?

• to tell a story or a series of events

• a brief story

• a memory that you are writing about

What are the 5 essential features of a narrative?

• clear context (Who, Where, When)

• well chosen details

• chronological order

• appropriate POV

• a purpose of writing the essay

What are some keys words for first person POV?

• I

• We

• He

• She

What are some key words to use when using second person POV?

• You

• He

• She

• They

What are some key words to use when using third person POV?

• He

• She

• It

• They

What is a flashback?

• when the story goes back in time before the story starts to give some background information

• when the character remembers something in their past

• when the author remembrers something from their past and puts in their writing

• when the story goes in the future of the story after the story ends

Where is the "reflection paragraph" in a narrative

• ONLY At the end

• Can be anywhere, but usually at the end

Why Hoffman accepted O.T.'s dare when he was 12 years old?

• He wanted to be risky

• He had nothing better to do

• he didn't want to be known as the teacher's pet/ nerd

• He wanted to show that he was also cool

Would Hoffman accept a dare when he is an adult? Why or why not?

• No

• Because adults use other ways to say "I dare you"

• Yes

• Because he wants to keep a reputation of him being the "cool guy"

What is the function of paragraph 4 in the essay?

(As an adult, I've been on both ends of life's implicit business and social I-dare-you's, although adults don't use those words. We provoke with body language, tone of voice, ambiguous phrases. I dare you to: argue with the boss, tell Fred what you think of him, send the wine back. Only rarely are the risks physical. How we respond to dares when we are young may have something to do with which of the truly hazardous male inner dares- attacking mountains, tempting bulls at Pamplona- we embrace or ignore as men.)

• an opinion

• a reflection

• to look back at when he was in middle school

• background information