Quiz 1: Qualities of a Personal Narrative Writing Piece

1. 1. What is another name for a personal narrative writing or essay?

• A. one day essay

• B. personal feeling essay

• C. autobiographical incident

• D. historical narrative

1. 2. Personal narrative essays feature long spans of time like years or decades of a person's life.

• T. TRUE

• F. FALSE

3. 3. Use the following words to identify the sensory detail the picture was about: Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, or Touch.

4. 4. Use the following words to identify the sensory detail the picture was about:

5. Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, or Touch.

4. 5. Use the following words to identify the sensory detail the picture was about:

5. Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, or Touch.

4. 6. Use the following words to identify the sensory detail the picture was about:

5. Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, or Touch.

4. 7. Use the following words to identify the sensory detail the picture was about:

5. Sight, Smell, Taste, Hearing, or Touch

1. 8. Which of the following pronouns will you most likely see in first person writing?

• A. I

• B. Me

• C. We

• D. You

1. 9. It was a Saturday. Whether it was sunny or cloudy, hot or cold, I cannot remember, but I do remember it was a Saturday because the mall was packed with people. I was with my mom.

• A. multiple points of view

• B. first person narration

• C. advanced vocabulary

• D. lengthy time period

1. 10. Mom is short. Skinny. It is easy to overlook her in a crowd simply because she is nothing extraordinary to see. On that day we strolled down the slippery-slick tiles with soft, inconspicuous steps, peeking at window boutiques in fleeting glances because we both knew we wouldn't be buying much, like always. I remember I was looking up at the people we passed as we walked -- at first apathetically, but then more attentively.

• A. first person point of view

• B. descriptive, sensory details

• C. multiple characters

• D. a focus on mythology