Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts

After your teacher tells you and your classmates a funny story about her first time riding a roller coaster, your classmate draws a comic strip about the event. The comic strip is...

• firsthand account

• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

You read a book about World War I. It includes letters written from the soldiers to their loved ones back home in America, telling them about the war. The letters are...

• firsthand account
• secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

A first hand account is when someone is __________ .

• there
• not there

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

You can find firsthand account by finding the pronouns

• you, your
• he, she, it
• I, me, we, us

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

A diary is an example of a secondhand account?

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

A description of an REAL event that is based on research and written by someone who was NOT there to witness the event is called a ______________________.

• Firsthand Account
• Secondhand Account
• Third Person Point of View
• First Person Point of View

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

First hand account is written in 

• first person point of view
• second person point of view
• third person point of view

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

You can find 1st person point of view by finding the pronouns

• you, your
• he, she, it
• I, me, we, us

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"The sounds we heard that night were just dreadful."

• Is a firsthand account

• Is a secondhand account

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Which is an example of a firsthand account?

• The storm surge destroyed everything between Sarah's house and the beach.

• By 6:00 p.m. that evening, the water covered the first floor of Sarah's house.

• "We looked out of the window, and of all the beautiful houses between our hourse and the beach, not one was left."

• Sarah's father helped neighbors to nail windows and doors shut.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10