Personal Narrative

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

• True

• False

I should use figurative language in a personal narrative

• True

• False

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

A personal narrative should be about an important...

• event in history

• a song that you like

• time in your life

• your family's memories

A personal narrative uses words like...

• he, she, them, they

• I, me, my mine, myself

A personal narrative should be written in first person

• True

• False

A narrative tells...

• problem

• story

• facts

• details

Writers use _____________ -they they saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted.

• sensory details/imagery

• main ideas

• pictures

• mood

A personal narrative should not show any of your emotions.

• True

• False