Personal Narratives

Diving into Personal Narratives - Sedaris

Read David Sedaris's "Me Talk Pretty One day," on pg. 285 in your yellow Seagull Reader book.

Now, write a blog post where you investigate the following questions.

• Does the writer provide an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention? YES
• Does the writer focus on significant events in his or her life rather than trying to narrate his or her entire life’s story? YES
• Do the descriptions of the characters or important objects in the memoirs include sensory details that help readers to visualize, hear, smell or feel them? YES
• Has the writer quoted speech or dialogue so as to reveal some important aspect of a character’s personality? I'M NOT SURE
• Does the writer narrate or describe events in a way that allows readers to connect them to experiences or relationships in their own lives? YES
• Has the writer explained the significance of the people, events, places, or objects in shaping who he or she has become? Does this explanation make sense in relation to the events, people, places, and things described throughout the memoir? ABSOLUTELY
• Does the writer provide a conclusion that reinforces the point of the story? YES