Personal Narrative

A group of closely related sentences that develop a central idea

The opening of an essay which identifies the topic, arouses interest, and states the main idea 

Understandable, logical, and orderly; sticking together

Words and phrases that provide the glue that holds ideas together in writing 

An informal way of generating topics to write about, or points to make about your topic 

An account of a person’s life written by that person

The order of something; one thing after another

The focus of your narrative can also be called the ___________ statement.

A paragraph that sums up the main points and summarizes what you’ve been talking about

A first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision

The time and place of a story

The steps that writers follow to produce a text

The sequence of events that make up a story

When using descriptive language in your narratives, what is a good saying to go by?

Which one of these is not one of the four development strategies?

When writing, it is a good practice to keep your _____________ in mind.

Tells the true story of something that happened to you

A person in literature, a play, or a movie

Things that happen

Adding extra details, illustrations, or descriptions