Which events could an author write about in a Personal Narrative?

(Hint: There may be more than 1 correct answer.)

• Childhood Memory

• Going to College

• Getting Married

• An important sports game

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The details in this picture tell you what about the setting?

• It's in the past.

• It's in the present.

• It's in the future.

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What details show this event happens in the past?

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Which two of these provide details about the SETTING (time and place)?

• “Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a powerful queen.”

• “She wore a blue dress.”

• “The sun set over the beautiful blue sea.”

• “The crowd laughed at the joke.”

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Which of the following can provide clues about the setting?

(Hint: There may be more than 1 correct answer.)

• Historical events

• Transportation

• The way people dress.

• Dates

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The prologue is found where in a story?

• beginning

• middle

• end

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In 1940 the population of Mooreland was about three hundred people; in 1950 the population was three hundred, and in 1960, and 1970, and 1980, and so on. One must assume that the number three hundred, while sacred, did not represent the same persons decade after decade.

—A Girl Named Zippy,

Haven Kimmel

What do these details show readers about the town of Mooreland?

• The same people lived in Mooreland for fifty years.

• The town of Mooreland was a sacred place.

• The population of Mooreland was rapidly changing.

• The town of Mooreland did not change much over time.

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As I climbed on and started speeding down the street, I could feel my sister’s newfound respect fading like an old star, but I couldn’t stop. I turned the corner of Charles and Jefferson as if nothing could touch me – I rode faster and faster. As I rode past the Kizers’ house, . . . one of them shouted, “Nice wig!” And I yelled back, my face bent close to the handlebars, “It’s my real hair!” And then another block up, Ruth Kennedy shouted did I know I was wearing my slippers, and I yelled, “They’re my actual feet!”

As she rides her bike through town, what can you conclude about Haven Kimmel’s neighborhood?

• People seemed to respect Haven Kimmel.

• People seemed to ride bicycles.

• People seemed to know each other by name.

• People seemed to follow Haven Kimmel.

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The spirit of the place, if such spirits can be said to exist, was the carnival, Poor Jack Amusements, that arrived at the end of the harvest season every August. Most people took their vacations during the week of the fair, and were there morning to night, working in a food tent or organizing one of the events, like the Horse and Pony Pull, or the Most Beautiful Baby Contest.

What does this description of Mooreland help you learn about the townspeople?

• The people of Mooreland were poor.

• The people of Mooreland were hardworking.

• The people of Mooreland were boring.

• The people of Mooreland were carefree.

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Think about how the author describes Mooreland.

Which statement best describes how the author feels about growing up in the town of Mooreland?

• Haven Kimmel feels that Mooreland was too far from cities like San Francisco.

• Mooreland shaped Haven Kimmel’s childhood.

• Growing up in Mooreland was just like growing up in any other small town to Haven Kimmel.

• Mooreland was too small and old-fashioned for Haven Kimmel

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