You Know What Old People are Like

You Know What Old People Are Like is a realistic story presented as a first-person recount.  When a girl goes to spend the weekend with her great-aunt, she expects a boring time, but instead her aunt gives her two days of non-stop adventure, from horseback riding to camping to hiking to amusement park.  The girl changes her perspective about older people.  The story is told in dialogue and narrative.

The recount tells the story as a sequence of events.  A variety of sentence types are used.  Illustrations appear in a thought bubble and to support the text in a conventional way.  Bold face display type is used to enhance meaning.  Hyphens are used in five-hour, non-stop, and great-aunt.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that gives the characteristics of a recount, including information about who the story is about, when and where it takes place, what happens, and how the story ends.

Some words, such as stiff, prison, and great-aunt may require clarification.  The adjectives boring, five-hour, and old are used.  The pronouns I, they, you, me, she, we, and her are used.  A simile is used.

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