CKLA Unit 1 - Personal Narratives

Question 1

In a personal narrative, authors share how an event made them feel to tell why the event is __?

Accepted Answer

important

Question 2

Besides a P.N., which genre focuses on writing about the importance of someone's life events?

Accepted Answer

memoir

Question 3

Give an example of a word that an author would use when writing in first person.

Accepted Answer

I

Question 4

Name an element used in personal narrative text.

Accepted Answer

Plot

Question 5

Which word is an example of an onomatopoeia?

Accepted Answer

honk

Question 6

A repetitive consonant or vowel sound in writing

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 7

What is a combination of contradictory words?

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 8

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "is" or "was."

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 9

Which literary device gives something that is nonhuman - human characteristics?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 10

Which of the following genre is not written in first person?

Accepted Answer

biography

Question 11

The actual settings, people, and things that happened in a personal narrative are:

Accepted Answer

nonfiction

Question 12

When an author does not remember everything about an experience he/she will include:

Accepted Answer

fiction

Question 13

Authors include sensory details and figurative language to make their writing__?

Accepted Answer

descriptive

Question 14

The genre category that the personal narrative falls under is...

Accepted Answer

Biography

Question 15

A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as

Accepted Answer

simile

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