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Grade 7-8 Language Arts Lesson 5-1 – Narratives Practice Exercises



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

An introduction in a narrative should do all of the following EXCEPT:
a.
provide necessary background information
b.
define the subject in more detail
c.
provide a synopsis of the article
d.
build interest
 

 2. 

All of the following are elements of an expositional essay EXCEPT:
a.
summary
b.
supporting Information
c.
introduction
d.
plot
 

 3. 

All of the following use the narrative style of writing EXCEPT:
a.
editorials
b.
historical accounts
c.
biographies
d.
autobiographies
 

 4. 

An autobiographical narrative:
a.
allows the author to describe something he or she remembers
b.
tells the story of an experience that took place in the author's life
c.
is a biography written by someone else
d.
none of the above
 

 5. 

The concluding paragraph in an autobiographical narrative
a.
includes the final outcome
b.
states the meaning of the experience
c.
shows how the experience changed the author
d.
all of the above
 



 
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