Unit 1 Personal Narratives & Quotation Rules

1. Which of the following is a characteristic of a personal narrative?

• Told from the narrator's perspective
• A story about an event that didn't involve the narrator
• A fictional story
• Told from a third person's perspective

2. What is the meaning of the term 'nonfiction'?

• A made-up story
• A story about an event
• Told from the narrator's perspective
• A true story

3. Which of the following is a must-have in a personal narrative?

• It must be a made-up story
• It must be a fictional story
• It must be about an event that involved the narrator
• It must be in third person

4. What is the meaning of the term 'fiction'?

• Told from the narrator's perspective
• A story about an event
• A true story
• A made-up story

5. What is the meaning of the term 'first person'?

• A true story
• A made-up story
• A story about an event
• Told from the narrator's perspective

6. Which punctuation mark is used to separate dialogue from the rest of the sentence?

• Comma
• Period
• Quotation marks
• Question mark

7. When writing dialogue between two or more speakers, when should a new paragraph begin?

• After every word
• After every paragraph
• After every speaker change
• After every sentence

8. Where is the punctuation that ends a line of dialogue written?

• Outside the quotation marks
• Before the quotation marks
• Inside the quotation marks
• After the quotation marks

9. What is the correct placement of quotation marks in dialogue?

• Before the first word of the dialogue and after the punctuation mark that ends the dialogue
• Before the punctuation mark that ends the dialogue and after the last word of the dialogue
• After the first word of the dialogue and before the punctuation mark that ends the dialogue
• Before and after the first word of the dialogue

10. Which punctuation mark is used to indicate the beginning and end of dialogue?

• Quotation marks
• Period
• Question mark
• Comma