What should I know when I complete this presentation?
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How are Personal Narratives and Fictional
Narratives different?
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How are Personal Narratives and Fictional
Narratives the same?
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What is unique about the themes/central ideas of a Fictional Narrative?
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What is another name for a Fictional
Narrative?
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What is different about the point of view of a
Personal Narrative vs. a Fictional Narrative?

PERSONAL NARRATIVE:
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DYNAMIC TRUE STORY
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CAN BE READ IN ONE SITTING
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HAS A CENTRAL CHARACTER WHICH IS
“I” (FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW)
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CONTAINS VIVID DETAILS (IMAGERY)
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USES DESCRIPTION, FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE, AN DIALOGUE TO TELL A
PERSONAL STORY
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CONTAINS CLEAR EVENTS (PLOT)
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USUALLY HAS A SPECIFIC LESSON THE
AUTHOR LEARNED
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COMMUNICATES ONE PERSON’S OWN
POINT OF VIEW —IT’S LIMITED

FICTIONAL NARRATIVE
(SHORT STORY)

A DYNAMIC STORY THAT CAN BE READ
IN ONE SITTING

VIVID USE OF DETAILS

REVEALS A TRUTH ABOUT LIFE
(CENTRAL IDEA/THEME) THAT CAN
APPLY TO EVERYONE

PLOT AND CHARACTERS INVENTED BY
THE AUTHOR (MIGHT BE INSPIRED BY A
REAL-LIFE EVENT)

THE AUTHOR CAN USE MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES (1 ST , 3 RD , OR 2 ND
PERSON POINT OF VIEW )

FICTIONAL NARRATIVE
(SHORT STORY)

COUNTLESS TOPICS, CONFLICTS,
CHARACTERS, AND SETTINGS

THE THEME/CENTRAL IDEA IS FOUND
WITHIN THE STORY AND MIGHT NOT BE
CLEARLY STATED
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EACH PERSON MIGHT DISCOVER A
DIFFERENT CENTRAL IDEA OR THEME
WHEN READING A SHORT
STORY/FICTIONAL NARRATIVE. COULD
CONTAIN MULTIPLE THEMES/CENTRAL
IDEAS. (UNIVERSAL THEMES AND
CENTRAL IDEAS)
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MORE CREATIVE BECAUSE THE AUTHOR
IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST ONE
EXPERIENCE AND ONE PERSON’S
EXPERIENCE.

What did you learn?
ON YOUR OWN PAPER AND WITH A
PARTNER, COMPLETE A VENN DIAGRAM
SHOWING THE SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A PERSONAL
NARRATIVE AND A FICTIONAL
NARRATIVE.
HINT: You might go back to the 2 nd slide. Can you answer the questions?