Writing Personal Narratives

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

• 3rd person view
• bird's eye 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

A personal narrative should not show any of your emotions.

• True
• False

What is the purpose of a narrative?

• To give the reader information
• To persuade readers
• To tell a story
• To describe characters

What can you do if you are stuck while writing your personal narrative?

• sketch a picture
• tell your story to a friend
• reread your story back to yourself
• all of the above

Personal narratives should be:

• a small moment in time like a small watermelon seed story
• cover a large span of time like a giant watermelon topic
• an all about me book about your favorite hobbies
• a chapter book about your favorite things

After the pre-writing or planning stage of writing, you should begin which stage next?

• drafting
• publishing
• revising
• editing

How can you improve your story?

• add dialogue and put down exact words
• use descriptive details
• tell the story bit by bit
• all of the above

I, me, my, we, us are examples of what point of view?

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person

Personal Narrative is a type of ...

• Autobiography
• Biography
• Both
• Neither