Chapter 5 Biographies Autobiographies Main Ideas Page 242

Chapter 5 Biographies, Autobiographies & Main Ideas

Page 242 – First and Third Person Narration l First Person – l Autobiography – – l Pronouns Nonfiction First Person Point of View Biography – Third Person Point of View

First Person When gave was eight years old, a puppy. for a dog since aunt had been begging was three. named him ‘Scruffy’ and loved how he played tug-ofwar with clothes.

Third Person When gave was eight years old, a puppy. for a dog since aunt had been begging was three. named him ‘Scruffy’ and loved how he played tug-ofwar with clothes.

Page 244, First Person Point of View l First Person Point of View – Narrator (or ‘storyteller’) – Used first person pronouns l l I, me, we, us, mine, ours Main Ideas – The most important idea in a nonfiction piece.

Storm by Gary Paulsen “It is always possible to learn from dogs, and in fact the longer I’m with them, the more I understand how little I know. But there is one dog who taught me the most. Just one dog. Storm. First dog…” ad t ide n a t r o p m What i press en ex s l u a P s oe aph? r g a r a p in this

Idea : Finding the Main torm’s tricks? S m o fr rn a le n e s Pauls What lesson doe Storm by Gary Paulsen “He had taken the hat, quickly dug a hole, buried the hat and smoothed the snow over it, then gone back to sitting, staring ahead, looking completely innocent. When I stopped the sled and picked up the hat, he looked back, saw me put the had on my head, and I swear – smiled. Then he shook his head once and went back to work pulling. ”

Page 254 – Connecting and Clarifying Main Ideas l Main Idea – The most important thing a writer has to say about the subject. – The Main Idea answers the question “What about it? ”

Page 261 – Vocabulary Development l You can often figure out the meaning of a new word by looking at its context – the words or sentences surrounding it.

Page 262 - Autobiographies l Autobiography – The true story of a person’s life written from the first person point of view. l l Pronouns – I, we, me, us, mine, ours Main Idea – Some writers state the main idea of a piece of writing directly. Others leave it up to you to figure out. This means that you have to use details in the text to infer, or guess.