Memoir/Imagery/Theme

A narrative tells...

• a problem
• a story
• facts
• details

What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses?

• 3rd person view
• bird's eye view
  bird's eye view
• 1st person view
• narrator's view

What is a Memoir?

• an account of a person's life written by that person.
• An account of a memorable event in a persons life
• an account of someone's life written by someone else.
• a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

flash of lights in the night sky-
is an example of which sensory detail?

• sound
• sight
• touch 
• taste

Dialogue is 

• Action at the end of the story
• The conversation between characters
• Authors point of view
• Chronological order

What are descriptive details?

• Words that add detail to your story

• details that describe

• something important that happened

• awesome words

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

What is the definition of theme?

• topic/subject + message = theme

• topic of the story

• life lesson, meaning, moral, or meaning about life or human nature communicated by a literary work

• the reason why an authors writes

Which of the following is a NOT a theme?

• Lying may have consequences.

• Mrs. White pleaded with Mr. White to wish for their son to be alive.

• Never judge those based on their appearances.

What is the theme of this story?  

• Eat your vegetables.
• Don't brag. Be modest. 
• Don't talk to strangers. 
• What does the fox say?