Narrative Writing: Diary Entry
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Read this paragraph from The Diary of a Young Girl.
Margot and I started packing our most important belongings into a schoolbag. The first thing I stuck in was this diary, and
then curlers, handkerchiefs, schoolbooks, a comb and some old letters. Preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding,
stuck the craziest things in the bag, but I'm not sorry, Memories mean more to me than dresses,
How does this passage use description to reveal Anne's personality?
The description shows her efficient organization,
The description shows her youthful sentimentality
The description shows her knowledge of the war.
The description shows her abundant material wealth