Narrative Essay Test

1. What is the purpose of a Narrative Essay?

• Tell a story

• Illustrate a truth

• Persuade reader

• Inform reader

2. A narrative does not have to be relatable to the reader because it is the writer’s experience. 

• true

• false

3. A narrative follows which organizational structure?

• Most important to least important

• Chronological order

• Cause effect

• Spatial

A personal narrative is written in which point of view?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Third - Objective

If you are writing a narrative about someone else’s experience, which point of view is it written in?

• First person

• Second person

• Third Person

• Fourth Person

Where should the thesis be placed in a Narrative Essay?

• Introduction

• Background Paragraph

• Reflection

• Conclusion

The entire narrative is written in present tense to put the reader in the action.

• True

• False

Emotions, thoughts and feelings are not included in a Narrative Essay because you are only relaying the facts.

• True

• False

What helps reveal a character’s personality?

• Imagery

• Rhetorical devices

• Sensory Words

• Dialog

Which part of the essay includes an analysis of WHY the event or series of events were significant?

• Thesis

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Body