Narrative Essays

Narrative writing should contain which of these?

• imagery

• dialogue

• thesis

• sensory details

• statistics

Which is true of a personal narrative?

• its purpose is to give the reader information.

• its purpose is to persuade the reader.

• its purpose is to tell the reader a true story from the narrator's life.

• its purpose is to tell the reader a fictional story from the narrator's life.

Narrative writing can be set up in 1-3-1 style.

• true

• false

Personal narratives are typically in what type of order?

• alphabetical

• numerical

• chronological

• medical

You have read the passage adapted from “The First Night at Sea,” which focuses on the narrator’s first night aboard a sailboat on a two-year journey. Write a continuation of the passage that describes what happens next. Be sure to use what you have learned about the setting, characters, and plot of the passage. Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Narrative

• Informative

• Argumentative

A ________ writing develops a real or imagined experience or event.

• narrative

• informational

• opinion

an essay that includes a story about a personal experience told from the author or narrator's perspective

• argumentative

• persausive

• informative

• narrative

You have read the passage “Taco Head,” a story about a student who struggles with their identity and culture during lunch at school. Write an alternative ending about the narrated events in the story to show how the main character stands up to their bullies. Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing. Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Argumentative

• Informative

• Narrative

A piece of writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response to and reflection on the event.

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Nonfiction

• Memoir

What should a narrative ideally have to be considered complete?

• A beginning, middle, and end

• A detailed analysis

• A list of dates and events

• A scientific method