Personal Narratives ENG7B

What is the best definition of a personal narrative?

• a piece of writing about somebody well known

• an essay about the writer's own experience, written as a story

• a fictional story about a historical figure

• a random collection of the author's thoughts and feelings

Answer explanation

A personal narrative is written by someone to express ideas or emotions about his life. It is an essay about the writer's own experience, written as a story.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

Match the following

• the way a piece of writing sounds

• voice

• the author or speaker´s attitude toward the audience or subject matter

• tone

• the reason for writing

• purpose

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

After reading a personal narrative, you should be able to answer the following questions: (There are 3 correct questions - select all that apply).

• Why is this experience important enough to write about?

• What point is the writer trying to make?

• How does the author feel about the incident?

• What was I persuaded about?

Which one is the sequence of events that make up a story

• Plot

• Point of view

• Characters

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

Which is the perspective from which a text is written?

• Plot

• Characters

• Point of view

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

What are the people, animals, or things that speak in a story called?

• Point of view

• Characters

• Theme

• Setting

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the struggle or problem of a story called?

• Tone

• Plot

• Conflict

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the message about life that the author wants you to learn called?

• Plot

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the excerpt from "The Night the Bed Fell."

I suppose that the high-water mark of my youth in Columbus, Ohio, was the night the bed fell on my father. It makes a better recitation (unless, as some friends of mine have said, one has heard it five or six times) than it does a piece of writing, for it is almost necessary to throw furniture around, shake doors, and bark like a dog, to lend the proper atmosphere and verisimilitude to what is admittedly a somewhat incredible tale. Still, it did take place.

Which word best describes the tone of this passgae?

• humorous

• adventurous

• romantic

• sad

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the excerpt from "Homesick."

But I wasn’t Vera Sebastian. I asked my mother to write an excuse so I wouldn’t have to sing, but she wouldn’t do it. “When in Rome,” she said, “do as the Romans do.” What she meant was, “Don’t make trouble. Just sing.” 

What type of conflict is displayed in this passage?

• individual vs. individual

• individual vs. society

• individual vs. self

• individual vs. nature

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3