Personal Narrative Writing Terms

Stories about a young person's transition from being a child to be an adult

• coming of age story

• personal narrative

• fictional narrative

• reflection

Parts of a narrative when characters are speaking.

• climax

• refelection

• exposition

• dialogue

The narrator of "Fish Cheeks," feels this way about her family's culture and dining practices throughout most of the narrative...

• Embarrassed

• Hateful

• Accepting

• Loving

The beginning of a story, which establishes things like setting, background information, and characters.

• rising action

• description

• exposition

• narrative

A moment of sudden realization or insight

• irony

• epiphany

• reflection

• emotional resonance

Openness about personal experiences and emotions

• transformation

• foreshadowing

• irony

• vulnerability

Thoughtful consideration of an experience and its meaning

• voice

• tone

• reflection

• pacing

The process of a character changing or growing throughout a narrative

• character development

• vulnerability

• personification

• anecdote

The narrator of "The Jacket" feels this way about the jacket by the end of the story...

• hateful

• accepting

• distant

• embarrassed

Writing that focuses on sensory details (sight, touch, taste, sound, smell).

• description

• reflection

• personal narratives

• exposition