CKLA Unit 1 - Personal Narratives

Question 1

Name an element used in personal narrative text.

Accepted Answer

Plot

Question 2

A repetitive consonant or vowel sound in writing

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alliteration

Question 3

Which word is an example of an onomatopoeia?

Accepted Answer

honk

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

descriptive

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

I

Question 7

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

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simile

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

biography

Question 10

What is a combination of contradictory words?

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

important

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

memoir

Question 13

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

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nonfiction

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Biography

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

fiction

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