Writing a Personal Narrative

Personal narratives are about:

• Dogs

• Outer Space

• Grandma and Grandpa

• you

Personal narratives should always include:

• setting

• weather

• friends

• trees

Dialogue is:

• words spoken by someone

• good to include in a personal narrative

• surrounded by quotation marks

• all three choices

Personal narratives should be boring and include no specific details.

• True

• False

Personal narratives should include specific details to help the reader imagine what is taking place.

• True

• False

Personal narratives have to be exactly 3 paragraphs long.

• True

• False

Personal narratives should be told in chronological order.

• True

• False

Personal narratives should start with a catchy introduction that makes the reader want to keep reading.

• True

• False

What is the point of view that a personal narrative uses?

• 3rd person view

• bird's eye view

• 1st person view

• narrator's view

A personal narrative is about...

• someone else's life
• a small moment in your life
• a bird's eye view
• your family