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10-Writing a Personal Narrative-9



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

A.9

It is ok to include events and details that do not relate to the story you are telling.
 

 2. 

C.9
Event 1: Rode the plane to Washington, D.C.
Event 2: Saw Washington Monument and Arlington Cemetery
Event 3: Stayed the night at a great hotel
Detail: The take off was really cool!
Detail: There were a lot of people there
Detail: We ate dinner in the room
Detail: We watched a movie while we flew
Detail: We had to walk a lot so my feet got tired
Detail: I swam in their indoor pool

My chart is in the correct order.
 

 3. 

C.9
Event 1: Rode the plane to Washington, D.C.
Event 2: Saw Washington Monument and Arlington Cemetery
Event 3: Stayed the night at a great hotel
Detail: The take off was really cool!
Detail: There were a lot of people there
Detail: We ate dinner in the room
Detail: We watched a movie while we flew
Detail: We had to walk a lot so my feet got tired
Detail: I swam in their indoor pool

The audience doesn’t need to hear about the rest of the trip or how I got home.
 

 4. 

C.9
Event 1: Rode the plane to Washington, D.C.
Event 2: Saw Washington Monument and Arlington Cemetery
Event 3: Stayed the night at a great hotel
Detail: The take off was really cool!
Detail: There were a lot of people there
Detail: We ate dinner in the room
Detail: We watched a movie while we flew
Detail: We had to walk a lot so my feet got tired
Detail: I swam in their indoor pool

The details for each event are details that help the audience understand the story better.
 

 5. 

B.9

An invitation is a newspaper article telling about an event that has already happened.
 

 6. 

B.9

An invitation asks a person to come to an event or a party. The invitation tells when, where, and who the event or party is for.
 

 7. 

B.9

A thank you letter is simply a friendly letter that someone writes to say thank you to another person for something he or she did.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 8. 

B.9 Directly after your closing, which punctuation mark do you need?

a.
Comma
c.
Comma
b.
Exclamation Mark
d.
Colon
 

Yes/No
Indicate whether you agree with the sentence or statement.
 

 9. 

B.9

If I were writing a personal narrative about a trip I took to Washington, D.C. I should tell the audience what I had for breakfast each morning of my trip.
 

 10. 

B.9

One way to put the events in order for your narrative is to make an event chart.
 



 
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