Vignette Review

A vignette is...

• a fictional short story

• someone's real life story told from birth until the present day.

• a short, descriptive piece of writing based on a single memory that captures a brief period in time.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

When writing your vignette, you must use...

• Dialogue

• Metaphors

• Similes

• Fictional characters

• Sensory language

Your vignette must be a minimum of _________ words.

Choose 2 of the BEST ways to start your vignette.

• Explaining why you chose this memory

• With dialogue

• Describing what you saw, heard, smelled, or tasted around you

• Telling the reader where you were or who you were with

Is the following dialogue properly formatted?

"Pass me the ball", he said.

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Is the following dialogue properly formatted?

"I'll take pepperoni please," she said.

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

When writing your vignette, you must use at least ________ sensory words from the sensory word list.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a simile?

• A comparison between two things.

• Language that activates the 5 senses.

• A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"

• Giving human-qualities to non-human things.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In your vignette, you must have at least __________ lines of dialogue.

In your vignette, you must use at least ________ similes.